Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-25 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES, SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1859

from Austrian dominion. And when he has done
this, his hosts must encamp, we suppose, on the
boundary of Germany. What, then, will the
Germans say to that ? Or rather, which is infinitely
more important, what will they do with such an
enemy at their very door ?

fair and honest and common-sense view of the
matter. It is quite possible, of course, to mystify
and finess and distort the simple facts of the case,
so as to make confusion worse confounded, in such
a way as to do what is vulgarly called " throw
dust in people's eyes," that they may be blinded to
the unprincipledness of such a proceeding ; and this
the hon. gentleman has taken due care to do, in a
letter, written for publication, to one of the Heads
of Houses at Oxford. But plain, honest people don't
understand such ingenious and plausible subterfuges;
nor is it desirable that they should.

Prussia is evidently preparing for that resistance
of further aggression on the part of the Allies,
which, it is clear, any advance beyond the. Mincio
will be deemed. The public the national pinion
of Germany otbviOnsly regards- iiiat river as a sacred
boundary for Austria, and considers that, however
unceremoniously the Franco-Piedmontese troops
might cross 'the Ticino or the Adda for the purpose
of driving back the' Austrian; the Mincio- should
be treated with respect, anci''not passed without
the permission of 'the Germanic Confederation.
Now, therefore, is evidently at hand the critical
moment for *German decision. Prussia has hitherto
successfully restrained the Confederation from any
hostile procedure. But it is more than doubtful
that it will be able any longer to do so, When once
the Allies have transgressed that line of demarca-
tion, and have set their ,faces ,direct for Germany
itself.

Then,: in the second place, as respects the great
question of Reform—that question which lies at the
foundation of the whole movement that has re-
sulted in the removal of one Ministry and the
formation of another. " How he," as the Star again
observes, " who only two months since, spoke with
so much emphasis in defence of nomination boroughs,
and gave 'his vote in favour of a Parliamentary
Reform, which all Reformers, including his two
most eminent colleagues in the present Adminis-
tration, have characterised as reactionary and re-
trograde, could accept office in a Ministry pledged
to introduce a real measure of Reform, is naturally
a mystery to plain men, and a source of suspicion to
all." And undoubtedly it is so, to speak of it in
the mildest and most lenient terms. But, then,
why should there be any mystery, or any suspicion,
in such -a case ? If there be sincerity of mind, if
there be honesty of purpose, if there be any
stability, any integrity of principle, why should
one's conduct have to be apologised for as myste-
rious, or why should one pursue a course which, to
say the least of it, is suspicious ? What the people
of England want in their rulers, and their legisla-
tors, is plain, hearty good intentions, attested and
illustrated by consistent, open, and intelligible
conduct. And when this is found to prevail, there will
never be seen the necessity for any of that chicanery,
or of that casuistry, which has called forth, as we
perceive, from one who evidently feels the disrepute
into which it must bring public morals, as well as
politics, so emphatic an appeal as this, —" In the
name, then, of Oxford's greatest sons, in the cause
of Church and Constitution, by every principle of
truth, and honour, and uprightness, and fidelity, we
call upon that University to expel Mr. GLADSTONE,
at once and for ever, from that high trust which he
has so often abused, from that noble confidence
which he has repeatedly forfeited, and from that
dignified position which only allows his perverted
talents and misapplied attainments, his envious spite
and astounding inconsistency the greater capacity for
achieving a pernicious influence and a bad reputation
at the cost of every interest which it is the special
duty and privilege of our Universities to uphold and

Prussia, having at length found it expedient to
mobilise her army, has thought it necessary to give
an explanation-of that act, in order, it would seem,
to quiet the priblic mind of 'Europe. And from this
explanation, although what she has done. is pro-
fessed to be a defensive, rather than an offensive

proceeding.

it is yet obvious that it may very
soon assume the latter character._ almost of
necessity. -" The direction," it is observed,- " which
Prussia follows in her internal publfelife fbritis a
sufficient guarantee for her external tendencies. And
if Prussia has written on her flag the principle of
the maintenance of the bases -of public European
law, she will have the opportunity of showing that
she does not intend to favour tendencies of oppression
or violence. The Government is fully aware of the
perturbation which the calling out of a- part of the
Landwehr must cause in many circles of private life.
But the military organisation of Prussia does not
give it any choice, from the moment Prussia was
obliged to intervene in the regulation of the Italian
question with the influence which she is called on to
exercise, and which the position of the German
nation. -in Europe requires." Now language like
this, though Tit: may seem somewhat anibiguous,
means nothing more or Teas than that Prussia is
making ready to join the German nation in resistink

the aggre

sions -of Austria's Franco-Sardinian
invaders, whenever they advance far enough , to
rouse the nation into action. More and more is the
German mind becoming exasperated, in proportion
as the allied forces approach nearer and nearer to
the German frontiers. It is the last feather that
breaks the camel's back. And so likewise will it be,
with those aggressions of the invaders of the
dominions of Austria.

vindicate."

And now that we have looked on that picture,
let us look on this—now that we have seen one
whom, as a political chameleon, Lord PALMERSTON
has received with open arms into his Ministry, let
us just glance at another whom he has indignantly
excluded. Mr. BRIGHT is the very reverse of Mr.
GLADSTONE, in all that makes the latter, as an
honest man, so completely out of place in such an
Administration. Whilst Mr. GLADSTONE was doing
all he could to prevent the formation of a Liberal
Ministry, Mr. BRIGHT was labouring honestly and
energetically to promote it. Whilst Mr. GLADSTONE
was speaking and voting in a way which makes his
presence in such a Ministry " a mockery, a delusion,
and a snare," Mr. BRIGHT was speaking and voting
with an honest and plain - purposed. earnestness,
which entitled him to be one of the foremost in any
Liberal Administration. Yet Mr. GLADSTONE is
enrolled in, while Mr. BRIGHT is excluded from its
ranks! And why P Hear what our Independent
Liberal contemporary aforesaid has discovered to
account for it : --" We asked whether it was to Court
influence, or to aristocratic influence,. Mr. BRIGHT
was indebted for what the country .would certainly
regard as a gross indignity, though he might regard
it as only an agreeable escape ? We _are now in-
formed, on unmistakable authority, that• it is to
the latter-7that it is, in fact, on account of those
very qualities by which Mr. BRIGHT has obtained
the confidence of great masses of his countrymen-he
is excluded from a Government formed professedly
for the accomplishment of the object to which he has
especially devoted his energies." This' is putting the
case in its, plain and proper light. There, is no
chicanery, no casuistry here. Any honest, unsophis-
ticated mind can readily, understand it. The very
man who has done more for the cause that has
triumphed, and in its most popular aspects too, than
any twenty of them besides, is slighted, is thrust
aside, by those who have profited by his untiring
energies, while one who- has done all he could
to obstruct it is put over. him into one of the
highest posts of honour and distinction ! And all
this, it appears, through "aristocratic influence !"
They cannot endure so plain and honest a man of
the people to come " between the wind and their
nobility !" Theirs, it seems, is a system of Whig
blandishments, in the employment of which Lords
PALMERSTON and RUSSELL are quite adepts. But,
it is well observed, "it is in Mr. BRIGHT'S con-
spicuous superiority--- to these arts—it is in his
celebrity for fearless truth-speaking, uncompromising
independence, scornful indifference to favours and to
frowns—it is in this the people of England recognise
a type of national character, which honest opponents
warmly admire and which only false friends have
reason to fear. Yet it is these attributes we are
called upon to acknowledge as disqualifications for
office in the English Government!"—disqualifications
too in the ranks of a professedly. Liberal and Reform
Ministry ! Proh-pudor !

Besides, Prussia has declared that, not only as a
German, but as a European question, has she
mobilised her army to deal with it, as occasion may
require. " That measure "—the mobilisation—she
"says, " defends the independence of Europe, which
would be menaced if new arrangements could be
taken in Europe without the assent of the Great
Powers. Prussia does not intervene for foreign
interests, but for her own influence in the councils of

Europe ; she intervenes for the German Father-
land, and for the liberty and peace of Europe."
-Now, what the allied aggressors are doing, and
the new arrangements. they are evidently
contemplating, are not being done or contemplated
with any regard whatever to ;,‘ the assent of the
Great Powers." That assent, as respects Italy, was
embOdied in the treaties of 1815 ; and these they
have already torn to tatters and thrown in the faces
of the Great Powers.

Such, then, is the threatening state of things, not
in Austria, but in Germany. There is only,
under these circumstances of a danger that is now
increasing in imminence every day, all the greater
need of this country observing a careful and strict
neutrality. Our insular.position happily affords
opportunities of standing aloof,. ' which the Conti-
nental States do not, from their more approximate,
situation, possess,—although we are equally interested
with them in the promotion and maintenance of
the peace of Europe. Her Majesty's late Government
took an attitude towards the belligerents which gave
assurance of our avoiding all risk of entanglements.
Whether the different attitude which Lord PALMER-
STON'S proclivities towards Napoleonism may lead
him to assume will still preserve our neutrality,
remains to be seen.

been forgotten, the present episode in the hon.
gentleman's life may be quoted as an instance
of his stern and uncompromising virtue,"—we
could not but think how fortunate his destiny has
been.

Foremost among those who are now returned to
their constituents, of course, is Lord JOHN RUSSELL;
and he has made his bow to the Electors of the
City of London after a most characteristic Whig
fashion. When last *he addressed them, he said
that " his advice was this country should take no
part in the contest, but pursue that policy which
should promote the peace of Europe and the welfare,
he might say, of mankind at large." Well, it is
now incontestibly shown that the late Government
did most carefully and considerately pursue that
policy. And yet, notwithstanding the proofs of it
that are extant, Lord JOHN has been one chief
means of upsetting that Government, and of
establishing another in its stead, at the head of
which is one in whose eyes such a policy, there is
reason to fear, has no great favour. And now the
Whig Lord presents himself again to their notice,
with apparently all the conscious innocence of ono
who had been, not a leading actor in the late
disorganizing proceedings, but only an indifferent
spectator. " The Queen," he coolly tells them,
" having been pleased, in consequence of
the vote of the House of Commons, to form
a new Administration has confided to me the
seals of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,"—

I LOCAL INTELLIGENCE•

Volunteers who procure their own uniform and rifle
Volunteers who pay for their uniform but no rifle
Volunteers who pay nothing. .. .. ...

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which is a most notable instance, we cannot but
think, of that double display of disingenuousness
which consists in the piggestio falsi, and the sup-
pressio yen. For falsehood is certainly suggested
when the impression is sought to be conveyed that
Lord JOAN was selected by her Majesty for an office
which he had bargained for, as the only terms on
which he would not oppose Lord PALMERSTON in
his endeavour to construct a Ministry ; and the truth
is suppressed, when he thus ignores all the machi-
nations by which he himself succeeded in forcing
upon her Majesty not only the disagreeable necessity,
at such a conjuncture, of confiding to him, rather
than continuing to confide to Lord MALMESBURY,
" the seals of Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs." And then the affected sensitiveness at the
idea of his elevation to his present position, leading
the novice in political manoeuvring and trickery to
suppose that the office he has•himself obtained had
actually been forced upon him. " The grave respon-
sibility," he so deprecatingly says, " which I have
incurred by accepting this appointment in the
present critical state of Europe, can only be lightened
by the very general assent of the nation to the course
of honourable neutrality which her Majesty's
advisers are determined to pursue." As though it
were a hardship, instead of being, as it really is,
the very joy of his heart to find himself there. And
then the meanness of insinuating that the late
Ministers did not pursue " a course of honourable
neutrality," by not frankly saying that the present
Ministers meant to continue to pursue such a course.
All this evinces a paltry littleness of mind, a low
cunning of disposition, which is quite at variance
with the character of a great Statesman. And that
his plausible pretext, that " the question of further
amendments in the laws regulating the representa-
tion of the people in Parliament, will be undertaken
with a view to strengthen our institutions, and place
them on a broader and stronger foundation," is as
hollow as all the rest, it is impossible not to fear,
when one calls to mind the various factious occur-
rences in which he has taken a prominent part
during the last few years. Such, then, is Lord
JOHN RUSSELL in his solicitation of a renewal of the
confidence of the electors of the City of London.
And his is a case which, mut atis mutandis, is very
much that of some others of the new Ministry who
are presenting themselves for re-election.
There is one other case, however, that is so
materially different—that is so singular, and so
that we must remark upon it by itself,
—we mean that of Mr. GLADSTONE. There is so
much in the character of this right hon. gentleman
that is noble and good, and he is possessed of such
towering ability as a Parliamentary debater, that
one cannot withhold from him a large measure of
sincere respect. And yet is it still more impossible
to deny, that on this occasion he has placed himself
in a false position. As the declaration that has been
issued against his re-election for Oxford very truly
states,—" By his vote on the late division, Mr.
GLADSTONE expressed his confidence in the Adminis-
tration of Lord DERBY. By accepting office he now
expresses his confidence in the Administration of
Lord DERBY'S opponent and successor." And, there-
fore, it is considered fit and proper that, " under
these circumstances, the electors of the University
should have an opportunity of declaring, by a new
vote, whether Mr. GLADSTONE still represents their
opinions or possesses their confidence." The conse-
quence is, that a very formidable opposition has been
got up against his re-election. The Marquis of
CIIANDOS is brought forward as a candidate to dis-
pute the seat with him ; and we understand there is
a fair prospect of this opposition being successful.
One can scarcely, under the circumstances of the
case, with all- one's respect for Mr. GLADSTONE,
refuse assent to 'the reasonable statement of the
Standard, that " it is quite time that the University
of Oxford should declare that it prefers sound con-
sistency to brilliant eccentricity, and that it should
have a representative on whose votes it can rely, and
whose political opinions it can hope to fathom." For
it is only too apparent, that "at present Mr. GLAD-
STONE is about the most impracticable and least
understood of our leading public men.- If it is
possible for him to record a vote in diametrical
opposition to the general tendencies of those whose
interests and wishes he is specially bound to consult,
he is 'sure to be found, in the enemy's, ranks. If he
can at any time render signal service to the cause
with which he is, by public estimation, most nearly
allied, it may be regarded as a certainty that he will
studiously neglect the opportunity." Now these
are no party strictures. His eccentricity, his
ambiguity, can be traced to occasions when
one party and the other have mutually felt the
adverse effect of his conduct. That in the University minor.
of Oxford, therefore, there should be History
1. Shaw. 2. Howarth, minor.
great dissatis- Geography l. Shaw. 2. Quirk.
faction with one who thus acts, can excite Commended: Kenyon, Wills, Barnes.
surprise whatever. Dmvring ....1. Wills, minor. 2. Gatis.
Writing .. rmb.
JFoony. There are other features in the new Elections that
Commended: 2. Robinson.
• d: Lees, Wills, minor, Lees, minor'
are worthy of note, under the present critical Recitation ...... Jones.
circumstances of the country. These, however, that _ Certificate : Wills.
Fr ench...•.. ........ 1. Wills. 2. Tues.
we have now adduced, must for the present suffice.
Commended : Shaw, Gatis.
We shall probably have occasion to return to the HENGLER'S CIRCUS.—We may call attention to the fact
subject ; for it is one which, at so anxious a moment, that to-night's performances will
close the stay of Hengler_ss
is of vital interest in its bearings upon the char.:der Equestrian Company in our town. Theo rtunity. should
not be lost by those who desire an evening of varied and
of the Reform Ministry. meant entertainment.

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COLLEGIATE HONOURS.—At the distribution of prizes on
Friday, the 17th inst., the annual class list had not been
obtained from Trinity College, Cambridge. The classes are
now published; and it appears that pupils of the Collegiate
Institution have distinguished themselves in each of the
three academical years. In the third year, Shaw and
Wainwright have obtained Greek Testament prizes ; in 01
second year, Edwards is in the first class ; and in the firs'
year, Sinker and Wilson are in the first class. The classes
are alphabetical, but from private information it is known
that Sinker is third in a class of twenty-one. Shaw is 45°
first among the Greek Testament prizemen.
GREEBA CASTLE ACADEMY, ISLE OF MAN.-This is the
most delightful and beautiful spot any where to be found oe
the lovely island, and is universally acknowledged to be the
healthiest. Few schools can offer so many advantages °f
situation and comfort as the above. It will be found in
every respect suitable for the residence and education of the
sons of the gentry. First-class masters provided for each
branch of instruction. Prospectuses, with copper-pla,tee
engraving of the castle, may be had on application. If
midsummer vacation will terminate on the 30th July
Pupils conducted to and from Liverpool by one of the
masters, and to their residences, if required. tts
EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF MURDER AGAINST A DEAD
MAN ! —Strange as the heading of this appears, it is a raet
—a dead man charged with murder !—of course the offence
was committed before the man died !! On the 28th of .Iqty,
in this year, two men, named Cornelius Sullivan and /°"11
Jones, quarrelled about money or drink, or both. Sullivan
struck Jones a heavy blow on the head with a stick, inflict-
ing a dangerous and as it has turned out a fatal wound on
him. The injured man was taken to the Royal Infirinillnri.-:
where he died on Thursday night. In the meantime btu
van was watching a house in Everton, and on Sunday week,
he fell to sleep at an open window, and whilst in that state,
he fell out and was killed on the spot. Now the questil
will arise, how the charge of murder can be snstaine
against a dead man.
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The many attractions which
this place of rational amusement presents to the public,
has been so often mentioned in our columns that it is
hardly necessary to say more than remind our readers that
they will, in all probability, be more delighted than err,
on their next visits if they have not already seen
Little
Bo Peep." Again we would call attention to the manly
exercises that are afforded to young men. Everyone know!
the value of gymnastics as a means of increasing physical
power, and imparting vigour to the frame, and nowhere can
these exercises be better practised than in that portion of
the gardens set apart for this purpose. We understand that
the arrangements that are being made for the great July
fetes, and to which we have already referred, are rapidly
progressing. The committee of management have already
received the encouragement of the local nobility and gentry,
and, from the novelty to be presented, it is anticipated that
these fe tea
will surpass anything ever seen in this quarter of
the kingdom.

MERCHANT TAYLORS' SCHOOL, Great Crosby. Mid-
summer Examination, 1859.—The Rev. Charles Scott,
M.A., Examiner. —The following is a list of the prises
delivered at the above school, at the examination an Mars"
day last, June 23 :
Monteliore Prize Shaw,

Conduct

Divinity

2. Jones

THE VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS.—We are not in

position to give our readers any very encouraging accounts
of the prosperity of the above company, which, we ara
sorry to say, has not yet even reached an embryo state'
Thursday, it was intended to open a recruiting office at the
Council •room of the Town-hall. It was thought at one
time that St. George's Hall would not be large enough t°
accommodate the would-be Volunteer Riflemen, but the
originators were somewhat cooled down. The office wag
opened. Clerks, with newly cut quills and sharply pointed
pens, awaited to take down the names of the numberless
young men who would offer to serve their country and she!,
their blood in the maintenance of English liberty Rau
freedom of the soil; but, alas ! they were deceived, chaaP;
pointed, and aggrieved—not one volunteer appeared, Lou
after waiting two hours, the clerks closed their books,
went home in chagrin, and postponed the recruiting to a
future period. The result of the Volunteer Rifle CorPs
movement in Liverpo 11 is thus forwarded to us by a
military correspondent :

Grand total of Volunteer Rift:mien in Liverpool... 000
By-the-bye, we may add that Bristol has a large Volunteer
Corps. They appeared in parade the other day, but the
Western Daily Press laments that they had neither uniforrl
.
or rifles.

FLOWER SHOW AND FANCY FAIR.—A grand floral and
horticultural exhibition, poultry show, and Parisian WI
fair, is to be held at the Zoological Gardens, at the end of
July, under very distinguished patronage. A considerable
amount will be awarded in prizes to the successful exhibitoer
and in the fancy fair a large space will be allotted for the
benefit of the local charities.
HENGLER'S CIRQUE.--This evening, as may be seen bY
advertisement, will be the last that the talented compall
now performing in Dale-street, under Mr. Hengler, Can,
appear in Liverpool for some time. Those who have 1104
already availed themselves of the opportunity of witnessing
the performance during their present stay, would do well to
pay a visit to-night.

BANKRUPTCY COURT, YESTERDAY.—Before Mr. Regie-
trar Yate Lee.—ln re Thomas Hedgcock.—The bankrupt+
who was a plumber and glazier, at St. Helen's, came up for
his last examination. Mr. Bretherton, for the assignees'
did not oppose. The Registrar, having examined the balance
sheet, allowed the bankrupt to pass. The certificate sitting
was fixed for the 29th July.
LIST OF PASSENGERS per Annie Wilson, from Melbourne.
—Mr. W. E. Milnes, wife, and two children • Mr. F. De
Bisson and child, Mr. and Mrs. Desmond, Mr. A. Carter,
wife, and two children, Mrs. Smith and child, Mr. H. Wren,
Mr. W. Nield, Mr. H. Keys, Mr. S. Filzy, Mr. Patrick
Murphy, Mr. J. Arnold, Mr. J. Shannon, Mr. P. Rainshali,
Mr. J. Sutton, Mr. E. Handy, Mr. T. Brackwell.
THE AMPHITHEATRE.—Mrs. Charles Young has added
other impersonations to her successful performances at the
Amphitheatre, and seems to become a very decided favourite'
If not of the highest class of artists, Mr. Young may clap
to hold a good place among those who rank next to the,
highest, and may expect a welcome at the hands of
t
l'audience with whom intelligence, grace, ease, humour, an"
feeling find appreciation.
SUNDAY EXCURSIONS —Our readers will see by adver-
tisement that the steamer " Manchester" will make her
usual trip to Beaumaris, Bangor, and Menai-bridge, on
Sunday next. These trips appear to be thoroughly appce"
ciated by the public, the number of passengers on Sunday
,
last being about 300. We believe the inconvenience of
landing in boats will now be obviated, the proprietors of the
"Manchester" having obtained pier accommodation.
SOUTHERN HOSPITAL—WeekIy Report, June 22, 1859,-;
Admitted : Accidents and urgent cases, 56 ; medical and
surgical cases upon recommendation, 11; total, 67. I),
charged: Cured; 14 relieved, 3; irregular, 1; died, 0 ; tot 4
18. Attending as out-patients, 30. Remaining in the
hospital, 56. Treasurer : James Houghton, Esq. Visitors'
D. Clarke, and B. Platt, Esqrs. Honorary chaplain
Rev. IV. Leveson. Physician and surgeon for O.'
ensuing week : Dr. Cameron and Mr. Higginso!:
House surgeons : Mr. John M. Bateson and Mr. C'
Pemberton.