Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-16 00:00:00

BELGIUM.

The Moniteur Belge publishes a report to the King, dated
Brussels, June 12, upon the recent events, recommending
his Majesty to cloS'e the LPgislative Session 'of 1856-57.
Such a measure, says the report, will suspend the discus-
sion of the bill on charitable institutions, and adjourn it
to next session. The report is signed by all the ministers.
In reply thereto the Bing has addressed the following
letter toihe Minister of the Interior, which is printed
likewise in the Moniteur with the royal decree for the
close of the aession:—

June 13, 1857..

My dear-Minister,—l have receired the report of the
cabinet, dated yesterday, and I hasten to give it my full
approbation. In proposing the adjournment of the dis-
cussion, you take an initiative which circumstances point
out to you, and which the country will understand. I
take advantage of this opportupity to address through
your medium a few words to 4)se country, which has
given me so many proofs of its attachment. A long,
and animated discussion, followid by incidents which;l
I deplore, has taken place in the Chamber of • • *re- ,
sentatives on a bill presented to y0u.... .the
first time during twenty-six years that I ha.ve'• evoted
myself to Belgium the Parliamentary debates have given
rise to difficulties, the solution of which did not at once
reveal itself. You have acted with the greatest loyalty
and with the most perfect good faith. Yon are firmly con-
vinced that the Bill, if carried out, would not produce the
bad consequences which have been attributed to it. I will
not express an opinion upon the proposed Bill. I should
never have consented to admit into our legislation a Bill
which might have had the sad consequences which are
feared ; but without entering into an examination of the
Bill itself, I must take into account, like you, an impres-
sion which evinced itself on this occasion among a con-
siderable portion of the population. There exists in
countries which occupy themselves with their affairs rapid
and contagious emotions which .spread with an intensity
more easily discerned than explained, and with which it
is more prudent to make terms (transiger) than to reason.
The free institutiens of Belgium have been in practice for
26 years with admirable regularity. What is there re-
quisite for them to continue to function in future;with the
same order and the same snow:tee ? 'I do not hesitate to
say that what is requisite is moderation and reserve
of parties. I think we ought to abstain from agitating
any question of a nature to excite dissension in the
public mind. lam convinced that Belgium may
live happy and respected following the path of mo-
deration ; but I am equally convinced, and I said it
publicly; that any measure which might be interpreted as
tending- to establish the supremacy of one opinion over
another is, a danger. We are not wanting in liberty, and
,our Constitution, wisely and moderately practised, pre-
'sents a happy balance. My sincere and profound attach-
ment to the destinies of the country has given rise within
me to these serious reflections. I communicate them to
the country, to yourself, to the majority of the national
representation. In the circumstances in which we are
now placed the majority of the Chamber, whose wishes,
as a majority, are and ought to be my guide, has a noble
a noble task to perfm, a task worthy of a great party. I
advise it to renounce, as you will propose it to do, the dis-
cussion of the bill. It is for the majority to undertake
this generous part. By taking it entirely upon itself it
will give the world a high idea of its wisdom and its
patriotism. It will maintain in its ranks the close union
which for all parties is the first fruit and the highest
reward of a noble and good action performed in common.
Last year the country thanked me for my devotion ;
to-day I thank it for its confidence. This letter will prove
to you how happy I am to share your views, how much I
approve your conduct. It is my wish to watch, with you
and your colleagues, over the interests of this beautiful
and beloved country. Believe, my dear Minister, in the
affectionate feelings I entertain for you

LEOPOLD.

the long-pending postal treaty still awaits the settlement
of the amount of transit duty to be paid to France. As
postal treaties exist between France and Spain and
between England and France, it might be thought that the
difficulty of this settlement would not be great, bat it has
been a long while pending.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

The Ist and 2nd battalions of the Scots Fusilier Guards
were inspected on Saturday morning, in Hyde-park, by
his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief and staff, for
the purpose of minutely examining the new clothing,
planned by Colonel F. Seymour, C. 8., and supplied by
Messrs. S. Isaacs, Campbell and Co. The men looked
remarkably well, and appeared to be perfectly at ease in
their new tunics ' • indeed the Scots Fusilier Guards may
be said to be the first regiment that have been clothed as
soldiers should be; Colonel Seymour's plans have proved
,perfectly successful, as every person, soldier and civilian,
on,the granufremarked, owing to the peculiarity of .the
cut. " The Duke has expressed himself satisfied, and finds
the tunic he approved of in October last, and which he
then settled should be the one for the infantry, more than
successful. In the park was a large assemblage of the
elite of Lopdon, and the fine appearance and discipline of
the men were greatly admired.
Malta correspondence to the 7th June, states that the
only ships of war remaining in Valetta Harbour were the
Hibernia receiving ship, bearing the flag of Rear Admiral
Sir Montagu Stopford, Admiral Superintendent of Malta
dockyard; the Ceylon military hospital ship ; the Arrow,
the Vigilant, and the Osprey steam gunboats; the Cara-
c despatch steamer ; the Supply steam storeship, the
Shearwater steam sloop, and the Hearty steam tug.
Her'Majesty's screw steam gunboat, the Wanderer, left
on the 3rd to join the squadron in the offing bound for
Tunis.
The crew of the screw steamsloop Brisk, 16, Com-
mander Alfred J. Curtis, were paid off at Plymouth on
Friday. -
Retired Inspector of Hospitals, Sir George Magrath,
M.D., died at Plymouth on Friday, the 12th inst. Sir
George received a pension for wounds, June 18, 1816, was
made a Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphio Order,
January 17, 1834, and a Companion of the Bath, August
17, 1850.

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The 23d and 93d Regiments embarked yesterday for
Hong Kong, the first named on board the screw transport
Cleopatra, and the .latter on board the screw transport
Mauritius.
The 'United States corvette Niagara is being fitted at
Portsmouth to receive the Atlantic cable, and the work
rapidly progresses.
Detachments of the Bth, 32d, 35th, 53d, 60th, and 75th
Regiments are held in immediate readiness for embarka-
tion tor India. . .

Two hundred workmen were on Saturday discharged
from the carriage department in the Royal Arsenal, and
about the same number from various departments have
received notice to leave.

CRICKET.—On Saturday last, the return match was
played batween the Dingle and Toxteth Cricket Clubs,
on the ground of the former, which ended again in the
total defeat of the latter. The sc,re as follows:—Dingle
first innings, 41; second ditto, 41 ; total,, 82. Toxteth
first innings, 14 ; second ditto, 17 ; total, 31—the Dingle

winning by 51 rune.
STRANGERS IN LIVERPOOL.—Theie is perhaps no town
in the world where so many strangers are constantly
arriving in quest of investments for money, or to purchase
established businesses, or requiring premises for ovary
description of trade. To such persons we beg to call
their attention to the list of general advertisements in

our columns, of Mr. Alfred Jacob, estate agent and
auctioneer, 13a, Basnett•street, coroner of Leigh-street,

established 1848.

EQUALISATION OF POOR RATES.—On Friday,_ a depu.

ration from Metropolitan Vestriesand Boards of Guardians

waited on
,Mr. Boilverie at Whitehall, to present a memo-

rial praying for the assistance of government in procuring
an equalisation of poor rates in the metropolis. After
hearing the statement Mr. Bouverie said he would reserve
his "'opinion till Tuesday, when the subject would come
before the House of Commons, but he said there would be
great opposition from the favoured parishes.
ADDrTIONAL STEAMERS TO CANADA.--We understand
that the Montreal Ocean Steam Navigation Company have
made arrangements with the Provincial Government of
Canada to run steamers weekly, instead of fortnightly, as
at present, between Liverpool and Quebec and Montreal.
The company, whose operations have, so far, given great
satisfaction on both sides of the Atlantic, intend reinforcing

their line by a number of new and more powerful
steamers, contracts for which will immediately be entered

into.
NEW JERUSALEM CETJRCEL, BEDFJRD STREIT, NORTH:"
It will be seen from advertisements, that this church will
be opened on Sunday next, the 21st instant, for public
worship, it b3ing the first that has been erected in this
town for the use of that body of professing Christians,
in which they will put forth their views of the Sacred
Scriptures, and of the Lord Jesus Christ, as laid down
and explained in the voluminous writings of Emanuel
Sweedenbourg. The building is of the Italian style of
architecture, and is quite an ornament to the respectable
locality in which it is situated. Mr. Thomas Wylie is the
architect, and Mr. George Rome the builder, to whom
♦ery great credit is due for the very satisfactory manner
in which the whole has been executed.
PASSENGER TRADE TO QUEBEC FROM LIVERPOOL.—

We are glad to see such a fine class of vessels now on
the berth taking passengers for this greatly increasing
trade. The time was when a ship suited only to carry
timber an,d cotton, and expected to make her two voyages
in tae twelveinonths, carried most of the emigrants to the
North American Colonies ; whereas now, the finest Colo-
nial and American ships are regularly employe]. Ships
built for speed, such as the "Elizabeth Anne Bright," 1812
tons builders measurement, and only launched last year, is
to be despatched on the 6th July. This vessel made the
passage in the unprecedented short time of 15 days from
Saint John; N.B. to Liverpool, and ran 1,440 miles in four
days which we believe to be most unparalleled. To such a
ship we wish the success she merits.
THE CALEDONIA. SCREW STEAMER.—This vessel (the first
of the Canada line of steamers) arrived here from Quebec
at three o'clock on Sunday morning, with nine cabin
passengers, after landing 460 men and officers of the 16th
Regiment at Kingstown, where she arrived on Saturday
last, at five a.m., after a passage of thirteen days. She
will be despatched again for Quebec and Montreal on the
27th instant. List of cabin passengers :—Major H.
Copinger, lady, ehild, and servant, Captain C. L. de
%Vinton, Captain C. R. Platt, Captain J. 0. Chichester,
lady, and two children, Captain C. C. Grant, Lieutenant J.
K. Etendall, Lieutenant H. Keisall, Lieutenant G. P.
Lockwood, Ensign W. R. W., Lee, Surgeon W. G. Swan,
lady, child, and servant, Mr and Mrs. Muir, Mr. Pyne,
Mrs. Oliver, nurse, and two children, Mr. and Mrs.
Tessier.
THE ANNUAL EXAMINATIONS AT BLACKBURNE HOWE.—
The annual examination of the pupils at Blackburne
House, prior to the Midsummer vacation, took place yes-
terday. A very large number of visitors was present.
The examination was most interesting to the visitors, as
well as creditable and satisfactory to both teachers and
pupils of the Institution. Writing, arithmetic, history,
geography, &c., were among the subjects on which the
pupils were examined ; and specimens of drawing, fancy-
work of all kinds, and plain work, were exhibited. The
drawings attracted special attention from the visitors, and
many of the specimens indicated a degree of cultivation
and knowledge not usually found among the pupils of
general educational establishments. The pupils also
displayed musical attainments, vocal and instrumental, in
several instances of a very high order.
BANKRUPTCY CoußT.—(Before Mr. Commissioner
Perry.) —ln re M. SARAN—This bankrupt, a commission
agent, passed his last examination in the court, yesterday.
LIVERPOOL SCHOOLS OF ART.—Examinations have re-
cently taken place at these schools, before Inspector R. G.
Wylie, Esq., who has awarded to the South District
School, attached to the Liverpool Institute, twenty-one
medals; and to the North District School, connected with
the Collegiate Institution, five medals. Regarding the
increase in the number of medals taken this year over
that of last year as indicative of the progress the two
schools have made in the meantime, it speaks highly of the
former school, which obtained ten medals last year • the
Collegiate Institution at the same time taking four medals.
The works of the students at the Liverpool Institute will
be on public view at the Institute between ten o'clock and
two, to-day and to-morrow.
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