The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-20 00:00:00

anta. ANTED, a HOUSEMAID. —Apply at 21, 0xfO;c1-St;;;;, Abercromby-square. WANTED, a Second-hand BATH CHAIR, large size, light. with hood to it.—Address, stating where to be seen, Box J. 1, Post-office, Liverpo 31. WANTED, a Good Strong PONY, from 14 t 3 15 hands high. Must be quiet, and steady to ride or drive, with good action, and moderately fast. Price not to exceed e2O. For address, see Reference List, Northern Times office. WANTED. an ACTIVE YOUNG MAN, of good address, who has been accustomed to the KEEPING and COLLECTION f ACCOUNTS. Must write a good Irlnd. One who has a k ow ledge of the PRINTING and STATIONBRT Business preferred.— Address, in applicant's own hand writing, to A. C. G., Northern Times office. - - _ WANTED, a SOLICITOR, for a First-class Tailoring and Out fitting Establishment. —A. liberal salary and commission will be given to a competent man, who has a good connection with captains, and the shipping generally —Adiress by letter (Z. R.), at the Northern Times office, stating qualifications and where last employed. fro be 3Let. T 0 be LET, 'n Buotle, a very large HALL, well adapted for a Meeting :louse, Ciub Room, or any other such purpose, being at the present time occupied as a Flue of Worship, with seats and everything complete.—Apply to Mr. Parsons, Mersey Hotel. Bootle. TO be LET, nela the Clare ce Dock, large and conven ient -`• COTTON SHEDS, having open frontages to Regent-street and Carlton-street, and capable of storing about 7000 bales of cotton. There is also a good Shop and Dwelling-house on the premises.— Apply to Tnomaa Vernon and Fon, Brunswick Dock. _ _ • TO DRAPERS and GROCERS. —A HOUSE and SHOP to be LET, with immediate possession, in one of the most popular towns in North Wales, doing a first-ra'e business, and an old establishment, of 18 years' standing. The proprietor retiring from the trade. The stock can be reduced if required. For further par ticulars, apply E. T., Northern Times office. SOUTSPORT.—TO be LET, furnished, on the 25 th of June , at a moderate rental, for two, six, or tweive months, YEW TREE VILLA, Sea Bank Road, Scuthport. The cottage contains drawing-room, dining-roam, and five bedrooms. Has been recently fnrnished, and commands a deUghtful view of the sea. To a six or twelve months' tenant, liberal terms will be offered, and any alterations or improvements made that may be desired; or the house will be let unfurnished to any party who will take the furni ture, or a portion of it, at a valuation. Water aad gas in the house. For terms and further particulars apply to Mr. Hargreave, London street, Southport. On *air. t Variety cf AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS, received per Baltic, I. on SALE, at the Northern Times office. 0 .... N SALE, a very handsome BLACK MARE, a ca p ital hack, steady in harness, and carries a lady.—Apply to W. C. 13, Post-office, Liverpool. T _ OXTETH PARK CEMETERY, SMITHDOW N-LANE.— NOTICE.—The Burial Board are now prepared to SELL GROUND for Graves and Vaults, and for Interments in the above Cemetery. For scale of charges apply t the office of the Registrar, at the Cemetery; or to the Clerk to the Board, at the Public O ffi ce, Park-place, Toxteth Pirk. ADDRESS MR. PRIEST, BIRKENHEAD. HOUSE, I HOUSES! I LAND I LAND I I —ON SALE, in large or small lots, variously situated, and ranging in price from about 4100 to ..€6l,ooo.—See H. P. Priest's Cheshire and Lancashire Property Circular. Can be had gratis and free by post. Cheshire offices, for the Sale and Letting of Land and Houses, Market-cross Chambers (one door from Market-square) Market-street. Birken head. Co•iimerrial .Zatts. THIS DAY On account of whom it may concern. Tins DAY, the 20th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at Golding and Nash's Saleroom, Corn Exchange, Brunswick-street, About 2500 Bags Chill FLOUR, ex Pelican, from Valparaiso.—For particulars apply to Messrs. Graham, Kelley and Co., Merchants, or to J. & bf. HARNETT, Brokers. On account of whom it may concern. Tuts DAT, the 20th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 10, Brunsw , ck.str , et. 648 Barrels FLOUR, Beerta Hendrica.-4 1 only to WILLIAM PARKF, Broker. Tuts DAY, the 20th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 15, Oldhall.street, 25 Bales Bombay H E H P, just landed ex Irene, from Bombay; in Nos. 8 and 9, Albert Dock Warehouses.— Apply to BUCHANAN, BROWNE & CO., Brokers. TO-MORROW TO-MOSROW, the 21st Instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 9, Exchange-buildings, wkalbrimbei 20 Bales, and a Quantity Loose COTTON, damaged by sea water. ex Selskar, from Galveston; lying in Stone street—Apply to Messrs. E. Zwi , chenbart and Co., merchants, or to WILLIAM D. TOMLINSON & CO., Brokers. NEXT WEEK MONDLiY On MONDAY next, 22nd Instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 13, Exchange-buildings, 1195 Bags Bengal RICE, ex Cressida, from Calcutta; 2 and 3, Albert Dock.—Appl to T. tic H. LITTLEDALE & CO ~ Brokers. On account of whom it may concern. On MONDAY next, the 23rd instant, at One o'clock, at the Broker.' Saleroom, No. 1, Chapel-street. Ltho...t 400 Dales COTTON (Samples, 'Repack, Pickings, &c.), to close account3.—For Yu: ther artirulars apply to GILL, TI f HERINGTON & GILL. Brokers. TUESDAY. On account of whom it may concern. Postponed until TuKSDAY next, the 24th instant, at Golding and Nash's Saleroom, Corn Exchange, Brunswick-street , About x6OO Qua-ters White and Yellow Indian CORN, ex Exchange, from Havannah —For particulars apply to Messrs James M'Henry and Co., Merchan J. ts, or to & M. HARNETT, Brokers. DAY next, the 24th instant, and following days, at Four o'clock, at the Brokers' Saleroom, Hackin's-hey, 250 Bales East India, 100 Do. Entre Rios. WOOLS. 1500 Do. Peruvian, Egyptian, Oporto, and other Apply to PERKINS & ROBINSON, Wool Brokers. On Ttrzs THURSDAY On THURSDAY next, the 2(th instant, and following days, at the Brokers' Saleroom, 10, North John-street, 100 Bales East India, 100 Do. fine Entre Rios aed Port Philip, 300 Do. Oporto, Lisbon, Donskol, Sfax, and Barbary, SO Do. Sundries, IWOOL. 100 Sheets Laid Cheviot. 850 Bales. About 2000 fine Entre Rios and Peruvian SHEEP SKINg Apply to ABRAM GARTSIDE & CO., Wool Brokers RJ. NODDER, 1%,./ • HATTER, 81, CHURCH-STREET, Begs respectfully to inform the Nobility and Gentry of Liver tool that his NEW STYLES for the Season are NOW READY for Inspection. THE SHAREHOLDERS of the LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY, MERCHANTS, and others concerned, are respectfully invited to ATTEND a PUBLIC MEETING of the CLERKS and MEN To MORROW MortNlNs (Saturday), at Eleven o'clock, in the HOPE HALL, to rece ie Explanations of the present movement.—By order of the Committee, GEO. WHARRIE, Chairman. E4e kortlitru finn FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1856 WE published on Wednesday some rather sin gular extracts from Mr. JAMES LAMING'S pamphlet on the subject of steam communication with Aus tralia. The author of this brochure lays claim to, being a practical man. Who, in fact, has not heard of Mr. JAMES LAMING in connection with steamship enterprise ? He was one of the prin cipal originators of the General Screw Steamship Company. He is, therefore, entitled to much attention when he addresses the commercial public on matters to which he has given so many years labour. And what does Mr. LAMING say of his proposed double route, via the Red Sea, and by way of the Mauritius and the Cape? Outwards from England to Melbourne with mails direct, in vessels of 3,000 tons, he asks fifty days ; and for the Mauritius and Cape mail, via Marseilles and Aden, thirty:five days. Homewards from Melbourne to England, by the Mauritius Aden route, forty-five days, and for what lie calls his " main, or from Melbourne to England by direct over-sea, route," he requires sixty-four days. Mr. Lkislitte's object in introducing the Cape into his Australian line, is obviously to divert the increasing passenger traffic of that pros perous Colony into the Red Sea ro u t e . B u t we can have nothing whatever to say to the Cape or any other country's interests in establishing a postal communication by steam with Australia. The Cape, Ceylon, and Mauritius belong more immediately to our East Indian steamship enter prise; and we do not despair of seeing all their despatch wants supplied ere long. Minor interests must not, however, be suffered to interfere with the proposed communication with Australiasia. The quickest and safest route for letters, gold, and passengers, must be selected, and the'Liverpool and Panama line is quicker than any Mr. LAMING has laid down after so many years expe rience. He says that with ships of 3,000 tons the outward passage can be mad n in fifty days, and the homeward, by the Red Sea, forty-five days, while for his over•sea route, via the Cape, he wants sixty four days. But mark what he says of the Aden and Mauritius project :—" For this arrangement— " combining the most rapid steam postal service at " all points, with the least expensi);e, most conve " nient, and quickest conveyance of those prepon- " derating classes of passengers, that, frequently " accompanied by their families, cannot afford the " enormous cost inseparable from the Red Sea route— " every possible advantage may be fairly claimed" —by the Cape, or sixty-four days' line. When speaking of the more comprehensive and intelligi ble advantages of his double line, he adds :—" It " leaves a choice of homeward conveyance to " passengers from the Mauritius ; and outward " and homeward it presents the most appropriate " means for freightage of whatever kind, without " transhipment—to Australia ' for British and " European exports, and from Australia, for gold " and other colonial productions. Whilst the " ships employed in the main line may be docked " and refitted on their return, and thus add the " assurance of greater certainty and regu " larity in the performance of their duty." Where Mr. LAMING would dock and refit his ships does not appear—whether at Liverpool, Southamp ton, or Dover. To mercantile men such matters are of little import, so long as the commercial interests of the Mother country and our bullion Colonies do not suffer by abandoning a direct line of postal com munication, which is all we ask, for a circuitous route and a wide field of speculation. We simply want fortnightly steam packets from and to Mel bourne by the quickest, safest, and we may add, cheapest route. And ;we deny in to-to that Mr. LAMING has discovered what we require. He tells us that " the preponderating classes of passengers " cannot afford to pay the enormous cost inseper " able from the Red Sea Route," and these with the goods, gold, and other products passing between England and Australia he consigns to a sixty-four days' passage ! Now it must be remembered that Mr. LAMING is a high authority on Oriental steam navigation, and general transit business, and that this is all he can venture to say in favour of the Red Sea and Cape lines. The discussion as to the relative merits of the Overland, over-sea direct, and Panama lines, is therefore narrowing itself down: so that the public can really under stand the validity of Liverpool's pretensions. Mr. LAMING, it will be freely admitted, knows something more of the subject than the Editor of the Loudon Times, and with the help of certain Parliamentary returns and reports we shall perhaps be able to correct the one and keep the other to facts. Beginning with Mr. LAMING, we beg to ask him if he has forgotten the objections raised by the Admiralty, and endorsed by the India and Australia Royal Mail Steam Packet Company in 1847, to the Aden and Mauritius line, and that this company rejected that line for these reasons : " The time occupied between England and " Mauritius will be 39 1-6 days, namely, 25 1-6 to " Aden, and 14 days thence to Mauritius. From " Mauritius to Sydney would occupy 31 days, " making 70 1-6 days in all ; whereas by Singapore " and Port Essington they estimated the voyage "at 64 1-3 days. It was further calculated that during the south west monsoon, which lasts four "or five months, eight or nine days must be added " for the voyage between Aden and Mauritius. As a further objection, it is stated that from Mauritius to Albany (Western Australia) " there is 19 days' steaming, at 180 miles a " day, against strong westerly winds, and no inter " mediate coaling station ; the distance, therefore, " of 3,400 miles could not be performed under " steam. There are also strong and adverse winds " between Swan River and Adelaide. It is not " probable that the voyage from Aden to Adelaide " could be calculated on at less than 55 or 60 days, " which would give 85 to 90 days from England to " Sydney ; the tempestuous weather in this route, " would require steamers of great power, and there " is no traffic on the line to warrant a heavy ex " penditure." These are the answers the blue books give to the rodomontade's contained in Mr. LAMING'S pamphlet, and the perversion of facts put forth by the London Times. The Aden and Mauritius route, together with that by the Cape, was rejected by the Committees of the Legislative Council of New South Wales, in 1846, 1848, and again in 1850, in favour of the Singapore line, and how Mr. LAMING proposes to accomplish the entire distance from Melbourne to England, via Mauritius and Aden, in forty five days, when the general average transit of mails between Mauritius and England, by the Overland Route, is 1121 days, and the shortest transit re corded is sixty-five days, we are at a loss to under- stand. And his proposal to make the over-sea direct passage in sixty-four days, appears to be equally incomprehensible. Experience has not shown that it can be done, rand we have not ships afloat yet which can run the whole distance with- out a stoppage ; and, if we had, there would still be the Panama route to compete with• The distance Overland to Aden, and from thence to Melbourne, by the only known practical line, is 12,162 nautical miles ; and from Liverpool, via Panama to Melbourne, is 12,550 ; and are the mails, passengers, and gold, passing between the two countries, to be be forced to incur the " enormous cost inseparable from the Red Sea " Route," and to loose some twenty days in the transit, to save 388 miles? We have no monsoons, or dangerous and unknown navigation to contend with. And if the public interest be studied, in the selection of a packet-station, and the best line of steam communication with the Colonies, Liverpool and the Western Route cannot be passed over by the Government. THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. THE COURT Major - General Sir William Fenwick Williams had the honour of being presented to her Majesty by the Earl of Clarendon, at the ball on Tuesday evening. The Queen was conducted by Earl Spencer, the Lord Steward, at a quarter-past twelve o'clock to the Banquet ing Room, where a state supper was served. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, with the royal visitors, afterwards returned to the Ball and Concert Room, where the Queen remained until two o'clock. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty on Wednes day, at Buckingham Palace. Prince Albert rode on horseback attended by Captain the Hon. D. de Ross. The Queen went in the afternoon to witness the opening of the Great Fountains at the Crystal Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Regent of Baden, Prince Frederick William of Prussia, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, left Buckingham Palace at twenty minutes past four o'clock in four open carriages and four, escorted by a detachment of the 3rd Light Dragoons. Her Majesty and the royal party returned from Sydenham to the Palace at a quarter to eight o'clock. In the evening the Queen and Prince Albert, with the Regent of Baden, and Prince Frederick William of Prussia, honoured the performance of Madame Restori, in "Maria Stuarda," at the Lyceum Theatre, with their presence. The Countess de Neuilly and the Duke and Duchess de Nemours visited the Duchess of Kent on Wednesday, at Clarence-house, St. James's. The Duchess of Gloucester also paid a visit to the Royal Duchess. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL, LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY EVENING There has been no change in the tone of the Liverpool Cotton Market to-day, and only a small business has been done, the sales being 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 have been taken for speculation and export, Prices remain without change. There has been rather less buoyancy in the Share Market to-day, but a moderate business has been done, and prices closed firm at the following quotations :---Aberdeen, 13/ 131. Chester and Bir kenhead, 154 153. Caledonian, 31k 311. Chester and Holyhead, 161 163. Eastern Counties, 103 10 9-16. East Lancashire, 20 3-16 201. Great Northern, 24 243. Ditto A, 91 10. Great Western, 631 631. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 95 953. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 171 17k. London and North Western Stock, 1031 104. Manchester Sheffield, and Lincoln, 301 391 Ditto Pref., 111 12. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., 9-16 ap. Mid land Stock, 80-a- 803. North British, 9 3.16 9 5-16. North Staffordshire, 6 51d. South Eastern and Dover, 21 15-16 22. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 21 213. York and North Midland, 291 30. Leeds Capital Stock, 19 194. Buffalo and Lake Huron, 11 lap. Dutch Rhenish, 11 11p. Great Western of Canada, 26k 264. Ditto New Shares, 4 31p. Great Luxembourg, 83 84d. Accounts from Brussels state that the grain market dosed with a decline in wheat and rye. The average price for wheat was 35f. per hectolitre and 22f. for rye. The market was indifferently supplied, and sales were limited. Advices have been received at Hamburg from Rio to the 14th May, stating that the coffee crop, this season, will be delayed on account of the weather; in consequence of which, the demand for this article in the market is very active, and a rise in price is shortly expected. At Amsterdam, business is limited. Java maintains its price, and West India has been sold at a slight advance. At Paris there has been an advance of three to five francs per hectolitre in the price of beetroot spirit, in consequence of the reduced stocks on hand, and the increased demand. Good qualities of 90 degrees strength are now from 118 f. to 120 f , but inferior sorts are without alteration at 100 f. The imports of gold from Australia, and specie from America last night and this morning are considerable. The items are as follows :-Per Baltic, from New York, 162,000 dollars ; per Medway, from Melbourne, 60,0001., and 44,687 ounces gold ; per Morning Star, from Melbourne, arrived at Bristol, 45,762 ounces of gold and 10,000 sovereigns, making a total of about 425,4481. The news from America is unimportant, with very little alteration in trade since previous dates. The Medway left Melbourne on the 6th March and the Morning Star on the 20th, consequently their news have been anticipated by the overland mail. The directors of the Bank of England, as was generally anticipated, made no alteration in the rate of discount at their board meeting to-day. The Funds retain great firmness, but with only a limited business to-day. In the morning an ad.. vance of -a- per cent was temporarily attained, but the closing quotations were the same as yesterday, viz., 944 to 94a. In some other departments of the Stock Exchange there was a better disposition to realise the profits accruing from the late rise, but confidence in the feature of the Money Market seems to be the prevailing feeling. The steady influx of gold is regarded with satisfaction The closing quotations of the Paris Bourse failed to come to hand this afternoon. The Railway Share Market to-day showed a little reaction, the late rise causing a number of the speculators to realise. Most of the leading stocks receded 4 to 1 per cent. The final quotations were published as follows :-Caledonian, 616 614. Eastern Counties, 104 103. East Lancashire, 80 82. Great Northern, 961 97. Ditto A, 781 793. Great Western, 63k 64. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 943 953. London and North Western, 1031 104. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 303 31. Midland Stock, 804 803. North British. 363 37 1 . South Eastern and Dover, 72f 734. York, 2 Newcastle, and Berwick, 3 84. York and North Midland, 593 60. THE TOWN DIIES.—For the present session of Parlia ment at least the property legitimately established in the possession of the good folks of our good old town will not be assailed. A. reference to the report of the proceedings yesterday before the Select Committee on Local Dries on Shipping, which will be found in another column will shew that Mr. Watson most ably defended the rights cf Liverpool, and most manfully cc mbatted the partisanship which, throughout the investigation, has characterised the conduct of the Chairman, the Vice- President of the Board of Trade, and leader-writer for the leviathan journal. After an unexampled examination of the Town Clerk, the Right lion. Robert Lowe was necessitated to announce that the committee would not go further during the present session, than the enquiry into the case of Liverpool. Though that enquiry will be resumed on Monday, we have thus the assurance of the govern ment official, that legislation on the report of the committee must be deferred until the next session of Parliament. THE FRENCH INUNDATIONS.—WhiIst we would faintly echo the eloquence with which the cause of suffering humanity was advocated at the great meeting held yester day, under the presidency of our chief magistrate—while we would urge, with even greater force (did ;we possess the power) the claims which our French neighbours have on our best sympathies, we own we feel dispirited by the comparatively small amount of contributions which the addresses of yesterday evoked. The theme to which each and all of the speakers addressed themselves was replete with materials for descriptions of dire destitution, of wholesale demolition of house, home, and shelter, and of the awful destruction of human life, by which number less families least able to work for daily sustenance were deprived of their chief and natural protectors and left to wander orphanless and unbefriended over the world's wide space. These materials, which were ample to,supply graphic descriptions, were fully made available on the occasion, by the many gentlemen who presented themselves to the attention of the numerous and highly influential auditory. But what we now complain of is, that the results of these oratorical exertions have not, to our minds, been com mensurate with the cause espoused. With unfeigned regret, we observe that the amounts of donations appended to the most wealthy names amongst us are not commensu rate with the sad but great occasion, the units, where we ought to mark three figures of the numerals, do not denote that sympathetic feeling, which we are sure France would have lavished upon this fair isle, had its population been visited with such a calamity as that which congre gated ourfellow-townsmen together yesterday. We speak with some animation on this painful topic, excited by the heart-rending accounts supplied by our own Paris cor respondent, and we still hope that the subscription list will yet be so swelled iu amount and extent that it will be a solid reflex of the spirit of this town towards their French Allies, and will indicate the indissolubility of sentiment which recent events in hardy warfare have cemented. It is stated that the committee of management do not intend to publish the list of subscribers to this truly philanthropic fund. We unhesitatingly reply that our columns shall be gratuitously open to the publication of the names of the :contributors, as each list shall be made up, and this publication, we would fain hope, would stimulate those who possess the means to show that in Liverpool, at least, there exists some gratitude for the generous sympathy manifested to British soldiers by their French Allies in the moments of the direst distress, and that her townsmen have some claim to rank among the merchant princes of Great Britain. FREE DISCUSSION V. INTOLERANCE. — We have received a copy of the narrative, published by the Rev. Mr. Macnaught, of the circumstances attending the expulsion of that rev. gentleman from the 1 iverpool Clerical Society. Our first wish would be to place the " Narrative" in extenso before our readers, but its voluminr us character, and the pressure on our columns, prevent us that gratification. On an early day we hope to present a resume of the leading features of this interesting pamphlet. WHICH or THEM is IT ?—ln our police report; of yester day will be found an account of the committals of two sisters—one for a period of three months, for robbing a man of his watch, by means of chloroform, the other for a period of one month, in default of paying a fine of £1 for disorderly conduct in the court. It appears that when the " sisters two," got into the lower dock of the court. after they had been sentenced, changed bonnets and shawls, and being as like each other as sisters could be, they resolved to profit by the fact. Jane Taylor was the person sentenced to pay the fine of £l, and Anne Taylor to three months. Some of the " artful dodgers" connected with the f' ladies" paid the £1 and went away in triumph with the wrong bird, namely, Anne Taylor. Yesterday Mr. Bluck applied to have Jaue Taylor discharged, as the fine was paid, but he was told if he produced the other lady there might be a chance of his request being granted. claims on their sympathy as France. (Hear, hear.) He did not know if they were aware of the full extent of the calamity which had befallen France. Hundreds of miles of country had been laid under water—the fruits of the land had been destroyed thousands of families had been swept from their homes, deprived of every immediate means of support, and without food to sustain them ; and, in a word, if ever there was a case in which a nation had a claim for assistance on the rest of the world, it was that which France presented at the present moment. On that gronnd, if on no other, their aid was demanded, and he was. sui e the people of Liverpool would support their reputat'on by the largeness of their contributions on the present occasion. (Applause.) The resolution was unanimously adopted. Mr. W. Rathbone, in the absence of Mr. Mansfield, who was prevented from attending by indisposition, moved the second resolution, which was to the effect, " that the meeting sincerely sympathised with the sufferers in France, and would most cordially assist ill the efforts now being made for the alleviation of their distress." On every ground, he said, even on that of economy, which he would be sorry to think of as their ruling motive, it was most important that they should contribute for this purpose. Any one who had studied history would know what it had cost this country—the millions upon millions of national debt which had been incurred—to be at war with France ; and they would, in looking back over the past two years, see how little, comparatively, the last war had cost them, in consequence of their alliance with France. If they had had to meet Russia single-handed, the war which had existed only for two years, might just as probably have lasted for twenty years. And, in that reflection, would be found the argumentum ad poeketum—(laughter)—which, perhaps, would touch the sensibilities of some more powerfully than the argumentum ad hominem. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) As to the extent of the distress in France, relatives of his who were there informed him that no description could convey an idea of it, and that the whole country looked like an inland lake. It was said that the accounts had been exaggerated for political purposes. He did not believe a word of it. (Hear, hear.) And when he saw crowned heads taking such steps, and making such personal exertions for the relief of their subjects, as the Emperor of the French, he would respect them the more, and would say to them, what ho would now in regard to the last named personage—" God speed him, and may he prosper in his popularity." (Applause.) Allusion had been made to the assistance granted by France towards the relief of the Irish distress. It might be becoming in him to refer to America, and what had been done by her in the famine of 1847. (Hear, hear.) She did not wait to see whether England, as a rich nation, would support her own people, but through his hands alone the New England States of America forwarded £BO,OOO for distribution in food and money among the Irish population. (Cheers.) That was an example which they should imitate in their contributions on this occasion, and they might depend on it, that in doing so they would be forming the strongest bonds of interest and of love which could bind nation to nation, (Applause ) Mr. S. Holme seconded the resolution. He said : Mr. Mayor, it has often been my pleasure to co-operate with you in local maters, and that pleasure is increased a hundred field, when I have the satisfaction of co-operating with you in your official capacity on an occasion like the present, which ought to call forth, and will, I doubt Hot, call forth, not only our national, but our individual sympathies. Sir, to the circum stance of this being the day of meeting of the dock committee, and some important matters commanding the attention of the chairman and deputy-chairman, I owe it .that I stand here in a position which would doubtless have been much better occupied by Mr. Charles Turner, the chairman of that com mittee. But in consequence of his absence, I bow to the commands which you have laid on me—commands which are not very grievous, because, I confess, they appeal to the best member that I have, and that is to my heart. The simple fact is this—an overwhelming calamity has befallen hundreds of thousands of the inhabitants of France. The Almighty makes use of the elements for purposes mysterious to us. He makes use of them when he brings on a just calamity on man kind. He makes them the ministers of His wishes, and while we bow to the mysterious power of God, who walks upon the wings of the wind, and does what pleases Him in the armies of heaven and among the inhabitants of earth, we find it our Christian duty to use each visitation for the purposes of mercy, and to acknowledge that His is the silver and His is the gold, and to be ready whenever such a calamity occurs to put our hands into our pockets, and give not merely the sympathy of our hearts, but give part of our worldly possessions, that wo may be enabled thus to show that we are but His stewards for that which is put into our care. Sir, in this case, I am familiar with all that district of France which has been submerged, and I can very well, from my recollection of it, understand how the melting of the Alpine snows, and with the torrents of rain which fall over those rivers which are spread over so large a part of the surface of France, and with all their countless tributaries—l can well understand how they, when they burst their bounds, and overflow their banks, must carry ruin and devastation in their headlong rush. Thousands of households have been swept away, and we may form some conception of the calamity, when we know that a district of France, containing a surface almost as large as the whole of Ireland, was submerged in the course of two days. Habitations have been destroyed—the husbandman has been deprived of the fruits of his labour—the peasant has been rendered houseless, with his wife and children, and universal distress has occurred in a neighbouring kingdom. Sir, it may be said, and I did hear a gentleman say it the other day, " Oh, but this is not in England ; nor is it in our colonies, and why, then, should we be called upon ?" An overwhelming calamity commands universal sympathy. (Hear, bear, and applause.) Benevolence is not geogra phical. (Hear, hear.) It is not restricted by mountain ridges ; it is not restricted by conventional boundaries of a river or sea, or even of an ocean. It is not merely national, it is not merely individual, but universal, for the christian benevolence knows that wherever calamity exists, it is not only the duty but the privilege of every man to fly to its rescue. (Applause.) The precepts given by the Divine Founder of the Christian religion are these—" If thine enemy hunger,. give him meat ; if he thirst, give him drink ; for in so doing thou shall heap coals of fire on his head." And it it is so with our enemies, how much more should it be with our friends? (Hear, hear.) I well remember the time when we rejoiced in this town when the news reached us that 5,000 Frenchmen had fallen on the field of battle ; and I remember the time when a man who dared to hang the " tri-colour" flag out of his window would have his house pulled to the ground, and be looked upon as an enemy of his country. We live in a happier period. (Hear, hear.) France is no longer a hostile power, but we now hail her as a friend and ally ; and I respond to the sentiment which has been uttered with regard to the ruler of France. He is raised to the throne, I doubt not, for good, and I trust that that wise, that popular, and that illustrious man, may be spared to give to France the prosperity, which before this calamity I had the pleasure of witnessing it, and give to her that quiet and beneficial rule which is so much in contrast to what I well remember it when I saw " liberte, egalite, et fraternite" chalked on all the edifices of France, and when every man was full of emotion and fear lest another revolution should sweep the streets and deluge them in blood. (Applause.) I trust that our friendship with her will long remain. (Hear, hear.) Our soldiers have stood with her's upon the battle field ; our sailors have conveyed her battalions to the Crimea to partake of our sufferings and triumphs; and now, when she is visited with calamity, friendship and benevolence promts us to rush to her aid. It well becomes this town, whose ships can only be counted by thousands, and whose tonnage can only be esti mated by millions, to stand forward in a cause such as this, and to show not only a national, but an individual sympathy for those sufferers. I have been forestalled in allusion to the benevolence exercised when Ireland was visited by famine and disease; but I trust that we, in Liverpool, with our great wealth, with our great energy, and with our mercantile skill, will not be behind hand in the cause of benevolence, because benevolence is the precursor of extended civilisation, and tends to bind together the hearts of nations as well as the hearts of men. (Applause.) Nations like individuals, are more sensible of kindness than of force, and rest assured, that the spectacle witnessed this day here, and the sentiments put forth by the meeting in London, as well as by this, will not be lost on the gallant and sensitive minded people of France, and that it will do more to cement that union which now exists amongst these countries, than anything else which could have occurred. (Hear, hear.) If thus it has pleased Providence to bring this calamity on France, let us forget the water that is between us, and consider them as brothers in distress, and hold out to them a helping hand. It is not so much the silver and gold which we give, as the sympathy which we express and which is valued ; and whenever we find distress and calamity existing in any part of the world, even amongst those who are bronzed by an African sun, or who first saw the light in the Arctic regions, and amid perpetual snow, the genius of Christianity prompts us to stand forth and do what we can to relieve that distress, so do Christian sympathy and close friendship, hero combined, prompt us in this instance to the relief of a calamity brought on, not by man, but a calamity permitted by the beneficent wisdom of God. (Applause,) The resolution was unanimously adopted. The Rev. H. S. Brown proposed the next resolution, which was to the effect that the clergy and ministers of religion, of all denominations, be requested to give their valuable aid and assistance in carrying out the object of the meeting. Ho said he did not know if they were capable of stating with exactness the extent of the cal - amity which had befallen France. It was stated that the flood had spread over such and such a distance, but how to make it out in square miles was to him a somewhat difficult matter. At the very least, they might suppose that there were 1,200 square miles under water, that was to say, a district somewhat larger than Cheshire, and very little smaller than Shropshire. Over that space everything had been destroyed—crops had been ruined, and houses carried away, and 200,000 or more, nearly a quarter of a million of people, reduced to the most necessitous circumstances. If such a calamity had taken place in this country, he need not say how great would have been the sympathy, how very deep the interest, and how very ready the help which would have been afforded by all classes in this country. But here, some pelsons observed, was a great difference—people could not bear to see their fellow-countrymen in distress; and, as a matter of course, every man would consider it his duty to help them. He did not know that the difference, after all, was so very great ; for ho thought that the man who would help the people of Shropshire if in distress, would do so, not so much because they were his fellow countrymen. but because they were his fellow-men. (Hear, hear.) Thorn was an old saying, which he thought it was time they gave up—it was, " Charity begins at home." (Hear, hear.) TOWN'S MEETING. INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE A public meeting was held at twelve o'clock yesterday, in the Sessions-house, Chapel-street, " For the purpose of express ing the sympathy of the inhabitants of this town and neigh bourhood, with the sufferers by the late inundations in France." The chair was occupied by the Mayor, John Stewart, Esq., and amongst the gentlemen present were—Rev. Rector Campbell, W. Rathbone, S. Holme, C. Turner, J. W. Turner, F. Shand, J. Tyrer, E. Arnaud, W. M‘Gregor, F. A. Hamilton, Captain Aspinall, F. Boult, J. Stitt, J. Kitchen, F. A. Hamilton, C. Booth, J. B. Aspinall, S. Gregson, A, F. Henderson, James Aiken, James Livingston, M. Mussabini, Rtv. H. S. Brown, &e., &c. The Mayor, in opening :lie proceedings, said that the public press had made them all acquainted with the history of the calamity that had lately befallen their neighbours and allies, the people of France, and that, upon that occasion, the sympa thies of the English nation had been called forth, and had been generously responded to in the capital. Upon his return from London, he received a communication from the lord mayor, requesting to be informed whether Liverpool would join in the demonstration ; and, taking the advice of some gentlemen, who had actively interested themselves in it, he (the mayor) had been induced to call together the present meeting, for the purpose of enabling them also to manifest their sympathy with the people of France. (Hear, hear.) He was sure that they would grant their aid as a grateful offering, and that it would be received as a token of friendship, with a nation whose alliance England had during the late struggle— an alliance which ho hoped would be perpetuated in peace (hear, heat), because tending to the advantage of both countries, and to the general welfare of Europe. (Hear, hear.) The Deputy Town Clerk (Mr. Hughes) then read the following communications, which had been received by the Mayor : . . _ DEAR MR. MAYOR,—My brother has requested me to write, and ask you to have the goodness to put his name down for ae2o, as a subscription towards the fund for relieving the sufferers by the late floods in France. lie would have written to you himself, but at present, as you are aware, he is not attending to any business matters. Trusting you will have a good meeting. I am, dear Mr. Mayor, yours very truly, ROBERT HORBFALL. 10, Portland-place, London, 17th June, 1856. House of Commons, 18th June, 1856, Mr DEAR Ma. MAYOR.—I am glad to see that you have called a public meeting for to-morrow, for the purpose of aiding the unfortu nate sufferers in the late inundations in France. lam very sorry it will he quite out of my power to be present on the occasion. It is a melancholy satisfaction to us to have an ooportunitv of show ing our deep sympathy for the calamities which have befallen a nation with which, I trust, we may ever continue on terms of the closest friendship. Will you have the kindness to put my name down for .e 2,), and believe me always faithfully yours, The Mayor, &c.. &c. J. C. EWART. St. Edward's College, June 17th, 1856 The Right Rev. Bishop Goss presents his compliments to the Mayor of Liverpool, and begs to express his regret that absence from home prevented his being present at the meeting of the 16th ; ano further, that the funeral of the Very Rev. Provost Crook, his Vicar-General, will prevent his attendance at the public meeting on the 19th. He, however, cordially approves of the objects of the meeting. The sufferers in France have his warmest sympathy; and he doubts not that the Mayor and the gentlemen who are so kindly acting with him, will be glad to learn that it is his intention, in unison with his Episcopal brethren, to have a collection in aid of the sufferers in all the churches and chapels under his juris diction. British & North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, Office 14, Water-street, Liverpool, June 16, 1856. Messrs. D. and C. Maclver beg to acknowledge receipt of the Mayor's note inviting Mr. Maclver to attend a meeting to be held this day in aid of the sufferers by the late inundations in France. Mr. Maclver is in Scotland at present; but Messrs. D. and C. Maclver beg to Inform the Mayor that this company have already subscribed £2OO for this object, through their agent in Havre. The Mayor of Liverpool. The Rev. Rector Campbell said : Mr Mayor and gentle. men, I rise to propose the following resolution :—" That we the inhabitants of Liverpool, deeply sympathise with those o+ our friends and allies of France, who have lately been sub• jected under Provi,leuee to severe affllction, by the inundations which has destroyed a large portion of their property, and reduced many thousands to extreme distress ;" and while, as a member and minister of that great peace society, the Church of England, I rejoice at being privileged to co-operate, how ever indifferently, in this work of peace, I rejoice no less at the opportunity which is afforded me of expressing my sympathy, however valueless, not only with the sufferers themselves, but with the whole nation to which they belong, the gallant people with whom we have been lately allied in the deadly purchased glories of a sanguinary war, and with whom, so long as common sense and christian feeling prevail, we shall in future, I trust, be more beneficially allied in cultivating the arts of peace, and promoting the comfort and happiness of the world. (Applause.) For surely, sir, nothing could be more contrary to common sense and christian feeling than that two great nations, fitted by Providence to admire instead of envying each others heroic qualities—gifted by Providence with the means of contributing to each others welfare by the interchange of those industrial products in which our singular position and national genies enable us to excel, for those gifts of nature which agricultural industry blessed by soil and climate lavishes on them ; these two great chris tian nations.—for in spite of our differences we are, I trust, both christian nations—(hear, hear), should from the beginning of time have directed their heroism to mutual extermination, id their ingenuity to the invention o: hostile tariffs, and •ohibitory duties. (Hear, hear.) Let us hope, sir, that this perverse ingenuity has run its course. Let us trust that the mingled blood of France and England, which has flowed like water upon the ground, will have cemented a lasting union between the two nations ; that the bitter tears shed by sor rowing mourners over the gallant slain, will have washed away the trace of ancient animosities, and established an alliance which, if permanent, will do more to promote the civilisation of the world than any event which the page of history records. (Applause ) That page has been styled a record of the crimes and follies of mankind, let us strive to make it, in Europe at least, the chronicle of better things ; let us hope that under the influence of that extraordinary man who rules their earthly destinies, our Mends and neighhobrs may meet ua in a rivalry of arts instead of arms (hear, bear), in reciprocating the benefits of agricultural, commercial, and manufac- Luring industry, and so make it a matter of interest as well as duty to live in pace for evermore. (Applause.) Of that distinguished sovereign's future career, it does not become us t 6 speak with presumptuous confidence, raised, as he seems to be, by Providence to fulfil some mighty destiny, to found, perhaps, some powerful dynasty, and accomplish some mysterious end. But this can hardly be denied, that the victory he has achieved has been thus far a bloodless ono— that be has not, like other conquerors, waded through blood and slaughter to a throne—that the hand of friendship which has been so frankly proffered and cheerfully accepted is not polluted with sanguinary stains—that he is recognised by a powerful people as their deliverer from anarchy, and that, as he has the wisdom to:acknowledge, so let us trust he has the heart to feel, that the title glory of a monarch does not spring from the battle of the warrior, and confused noise and garments rolled in blood, but in promoting, as far as human passions will permit him to promote, the prophetic reign of peace, when" nation shall not lift sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." (Applause). As a commercial community, I think we shall assent to this—l think we shall all agree to the maxim that it is the nature of commerce to flourish only under the shelter and protection of law, and that its blossoms will not expand 6cialsolves, much less will it mature its fruits, except in secure and undisturbed tranquility. Let us manifest our appreciation of this truth by the fullness and cordiality of our sympathy this day. I am sure, sir, I need not apologise to you, and, perhaps, I need not apologise to tho meeting, for declining to trespass any longer on your time. It is not long speeches we want on such occasions, but long purses—(laughter) —not so much long purses as large and liberal hearts to use them generously. (Applause). M. J. B. Aspinall seconded the resolution. He said that it gave hire great pleasure to be called on by the mayor to do so, and that if there were wanting one circumstance to add to the pleasure which the mere fact of being so called on would afford, it would he found in the fart that ho was called on to second a resolution which had been so ably proposed by such s gentle man and reverend and most eminent divine as he who had just addressed thew. Is was not often that they were able to come together in such perfect unanimity as that which should, of neces sity, characterise their proceedings on that occasion ; and if there was anything wanting to add to the demonstration, in the eyes of their neighbours in France, it would be found in the cir cumstance, that in holding such a meeting as the present, every difference between them was at once laid aside, and that the whole community came forward with one heart and one hand in order to support and carry out the object contained in the resolution which bad been laid before them by the Rector. (Hear, hear) Nobody would doubt that he (elle Rector) was an eminently Christian gentleman, and most worthy of the office he held in this town—(applause)—and if there was no other reason why they should come forward with their sympathy and assistance for the people of France, on this occasion, his address alone would be sufficient to induce them to do so. But there were many reasons—so many that it was almost difficult to select from them—why they should proffer such assistance, and one of those he, even at the risk of detaining them, would call to their recollection. It would be within their memory that not many years ago, there was in this country, or at least in a portion of it which was So unfortunately connected with them, as to be the peculiar object of their sympathy, a series of misfortunes which produced a wide-spread distrsss. At that time, who was so ready to come forward and assist those whom they believed had a claim on them than the people of France ? (Hear, hear.) Did any one forget the efforts that were made, and the sums of money that were remitted from time to time during that period from France, for the purpose of relieving the Irish distress P And, therefore, he would say, that if there was no other reason why the distresses of the people whose cause they were now pleading, merited sympathy at their hands, the readiness with which the French people, on a similar occasion, had come forward to assist and contribute towards the relief of the Irish people, would extort it from them. (Hear, hear.) It had been said that they were called upon to assist the French nation becau.e of the alliance which had existed between them for the purposes of war, and which, he trusted far more, would exist for the purposes of peace (hear, hear), but he should et), that it would be their duty to do so even if there had been no alliance. (Hear, hear.) England never had, and, he hoped, never would be backward in contributing towards the relict of every part of the world tint would be in want of it (hear, hear), and still less would they be backward in contributing towards the relief of the distress of a nation with which they now stood on such intimate relations, and which had such Charity had been beginning at borne so long that he thougu , it should now by prepared to go abraad—(laughter)—and if it were not it should be ashamed of itself, tha t was a ll be could say. (Laughter). It was not charity that was describ ed by that saying, but a piece of hollow hypocritical ca nt, uttered by Ine° who wanted to give nothing at all. (Hear, hear). Go to such foreig a man for a contribution in relief of distre ss, in some n land, and he answered " charity begins a t home." Tell bin that it was in his own country, and still the same replr"" his own town, ward, street, and still the same answers, and he would go on contracting and contracting, until it would be found the wretch had no charity at all. (Applause and laug ter). Charity, according to the definition of the very hig best authority, never failed—never seeketh its own; and charity, therefore, though it might begin at home , was yet prepared to go abroad to all the world. They woul d remember at a person who considered that in only helping hi s mere neighbour, ho was doing his duty very nobly, asked the Great Teacher " Who is my neighbour ?" And the reply was—" th e n33n whom you hate, the man who hates you. that is your neighbour, and you must compassionate and help him ;" so that as a pre ceeding speaker observed, if this calamity had occurred some forty years ago, when the feeling with reference to F ra nce s W" very different, and when it was supposed to be as natural and prtetr that Englishmen and Frenchmen should hate each other, as tb a . t the cat and dog. should lead a quarrelsome life, even wou'd have been their duty to come forward and to aid in 'l nc ,' that s. ta ,` ° , l a work as this. (Hear, hear.) But happilY subsided of things had passed away—all those feelings had away, he trusted never to be provoked all those traditionary. prejudices had melted away with the melting snows of lostthe Crimea, but if there were a particle left, let it be thrown a nd e in the inundations that now covered France. (Applause.) . could not imagine any more powerful means of perpetuating then the alliance which existed among those two g reat nations than by the people thus expressing their sympa thy for one another By so doing, the people would set their se al to the alliance an alliance that could not be destroyed or imperilled by ere diplomatic relations, but which would live in the hearts of t"' two greatest nations in the world, and would cement thou.°, together that in all the parts of peace and brotherhood 09 would live as from one generation to another. (APP lauee. t The Russians had a proverb , which show ed that toed. firth the utterly degraded people Englishmen supposed. bread reference to the wisdom of kindness, they said " Throw and salt behind thee, and thou shalt find it before thee." The French had so acted towards Ireland'''. and & d they they had thrown the bread and salt behind them, now should reap the fruits of it in good measure, pressel°o and running over. Let it be an offering wortby of the PoP of England. (Applause.) Mr. H. Dawson seconded the resolution , and, in dell r v ; observed that it was well that the French pe o p le should that the trading classes of England sympath ised with there'd; some heartily as thexist e merc dl in theants and manufacturers. It was tru isut it apathy townspeople of Liverpool, too was owing to their want of knowledge of the wide-spread d ' s wou ld prevailing in the southern districts of France. They i „ now be made aware of it, and he was sure their contribute" would be commensurate with it. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was unanimously adopted. rg • On the motion of Mr. F. A. Hamilton, seconded bY Arnaud, a committee was appointed to recei v e subscriptionat• ' On the motion of Mr. Gregson, who stated th at tbe D ti u n ° Belgians, Sardinians, and Swiss, were also CO seconded by Mr. James Aiken, thanks were voted by lam tion to the Mayor. 611 bsceir The Mayor, in reply, urged that the valu e 0f the ,- oat, tions would be enhanced by promptitude ; and o bserve" e ach, if the working men of Liverpool contribut ed on Pe ll° 05 the sum would amount to £15,000. The meeting then separated. IMPERIAL PARLIAM HOUSE OF LORDS.—TfiIIEsDAY. • . the The LORD-CHANCELLOR took his seat on th e woolsack '` usual hour THE SARNIAN LOAN. loan wag The Queen's Message on then übject of the Sardinian no r - taken into consideration, and, on the motion ot the Earl of ( 3 l'Z ro vill. DON, seconded by the Earl of DEDBY, an Address to tee ai d. was praying that the remaining half of the loan should he Pa' agreed to ABJURATIN BILL. f the The Earl Earl of DERBY laid on the f t ble. jection of the Oath of Abjuration Bill, the second r Ong . n Os° stood for Monday next, being rejected, a Bill Provieidiug.,7e-d. in anticipation o of wh i t !' of Abjuration, in which all mention of the Stuarts was orriLtt, e d Lord CAMPBELL suggested that the object might bee an amendment to the bill which now waited second resslogi o 5 0; 1 The Earl of DERBY did not think it would be poll" the noble and learned lord's suggestion. THE FACTORIES BILL. t.fO3Y, SUP The Factor;es Bill en the motion of the Earl of Dxv ported by Lord CAMPBELL, was read a second time- THE REMNANT BUSINESS. c on e w ittee , The Police Counties and Borough Bill went throllgh _ thir d tim and Sir Wm Fenwick Williams's Annuity Bill was read and passed. ' Their lordships adjourned at a quarter past seven oc Monday.lock Ile° HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUUB SPAI The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. NEW MEMBER. r.eiro ter 'was Mr. JOHN RIGGS took the oaths and his seat for ,ber the room of Mr. H. Gardner, deceased. The bon. rfte': introduced by Sir Joshua \Valmslcy and Mr. William .13Igg- BUSINESS The following bills were PRIVATE read a third time . and passed, nainenielo,;;; Aberdeen, Peterhead, and Fraserburgh Railw a y Bill, BOloisten; so d Improvement and Pier Bill, Dorset Central Railway bury and Bruton Railway Bill, Isle ,of Wight steam kW': Nra Approaches Bill, Renfrewshire Roads Bill , and Sever — Railway Bill. SCOTTISH I/NIVERSITI] 5. In reply to Mr. H WOO ; The LORD ADVOCA announced that it was his Wit bring in a bill for uniting the two universit ies of Aberdee.,ls hes% should not be disposed to press it this sessio n if there sh ) "of to opposition to it. He, however, could not now pledge hid'''. state to p particular course with regard to the bill.; he could only that it was simply in preparation. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (SCOTLAND) n ILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill. bill be eee.7..' Mr. G. DUND AS moved as an amendment that the hastP.t mitted this day six months. The bill, he said, had bee . ; ee ,sl , l broughtin, and pressed forward to its present stage ate hurried manner. The bill was highly objectionable leLd c on u se form, and calculated to produce a good deal of Mischief a" sion if it passed into a law. It would greatly increase theifferull of the registration of voters in Scotland, without giviloe bea' any corresponding advantages, and he therefore thoug h " ine itstir e i f would act wisely in stopping the further progress of t i 'f ee rt ha'tlol - Lord A OVOCA denied that the bill had `,,„lttre e brought in ; it had been con,idered by a select COtetortt• ohi e6iv o . Scotch members, and though there might be ground., be won to some of its details no fair exception whatever ceal u A e ystet ° of its principle, which simply went to improving' th e k o a : the registration that now existed in Scotland. Mr. BLACK concurred with the honourable mover resee d 1 i r e. ment, that the bill had been hurriedly brought in an d P discu s ' hie second reading at a very late and Inconvenient hone f,?,, r 0 ist t .te . It was impossible that the bill could come into oper"T e hot h°l,lo - and hence there was no necessity whatever for !h ation au, Why not leave it for a future session, and let the registr 0 rities of Scotland have ample time for c onsidering its SheaP t el After some further discussion the Ho use divided, Act appeared. For the amendment.... Against it 53 00 The amendment was consequently los t, and the geese_ . 9 Co rmittee on the bill. fle We The LORD ADVOCATE explained its provisiona • otcp O to limit the bid this year to borough registrations. l op-other 5; Mr. Baillie, Mr. Mackie, Mr. Black , and severe s o o members intimated the r willingness to ac ce p t the pr learned lord, e d throng The bill so modified in its provisions woo hen P a h % day)• this stage and ordered to be read a third to-mrow (r. The sitting was then suspended till six o'clock. At the evening sitting, • strO ti COMMUNICATION WITS AUSTRALIA• In answer to Mr. THOMAS CHAMBERS, „ o ne ..0 Mr. WILSON siid the tenders for the improve d 4.° :rot e t . s o P 0 with Australia had only just reached him, and he he A it ioll Or time to:consider them. From the nAturegof the Cor k ^ u blic. which the tenders were sent, they coald not be made P , WILLS, &C., BILL. . .in coce, Lord PALMERSTON, in reply to Mr. Hadfield, se ld t iv l 7 ' i t ' ri e d sequence of the motion of which Mr. C. Fortescue 11: ,(1 _,g e wills I ' having been arranged to come on on Monday. L u Administrations Bill would be postponed till Thuredalt 0 1 e ° ,1 THE IRISH EDUCATION VOTE• r , o vern 40 Mr. WALPOLE wished to know what course the `, O res , 'W en' proposed to take on the motion in question, wh ich 'oh% a resolutio n s of that House. thatl , r v d ou P l A d L r ß e l . E .l ß. t S fr T o r thienrerseoplluyt,iosain dtothwahticcohntlernino,.gutsdeebpocal; on the subject of Irish education, the Government ~„„,,ort,roy, early day for the motion, and the Government w0u1T27,501e. motion tending to reverse the decison on Mr. Walpole . I. I MR. MARCY'S LETTER OF DlS—miS-SA , e shoo d or when the despatch relating to Mr. Marcy 's Mr. GLADEI CONE gave notice that to-morrocr . Crampton, would be laid en the table. letter cu SCIENTIFIC STAFF OF TILE AVIT• HO W' On the motion for going into committee of snPPY' wing " th e advantage s oientifi o o o rp f s the t h a service, Captain LEICESTER VERNON moved the folio w ~, to iv tion :—That it is the opinion of this House, that it W ..., frai l d i tlg! . u u t - ° .0. of to the e Tr Mr. PEEL concurred in the spirit of the resolution, the OA it would be inexpedient for the House to adopt% .' . _,,,5 -came came more properly within the provinceesscutivuet into cv- The motion was then withdrawn, and the House We employ general nitice'- mittee of, The remainin S g UP vo P t L e Y s oOfNthTelsTeEesAillimMaYtesEviSTeTrragT;lo7o.oo alres6l t he On a yote of £38.404 in addition to a coin of voted on account of the scientific branch, su l‘ rn ir o . f E L . B E ,oo l o lj , vey of Scotland, on account of the expense which 1. od pti" - After a long discussion as to the expediency of a scale the House divided, when the numbers were , .1° For the original vote.... ..... ........ •• • 69 by objecting For the amendment.— .......... • •• • • ' t , o m t h o e v moved the magnitudere d uocft itohneolceatnibteae itYre°rit.et ife:o; 41 Maorit.•••.. •• .......... The vote was then agreed to, and t he HOUSE! TOW. THE STOCK IN TRADB Bla• t hird tilli e 6'll The Stock in Trade Redemption Bill was read A " passed. o f EcCLESIAS ric commrssioN• _ ow es „,, c ro. Sir G. GREY brought in a bill to transfer tlia oo ralsoi" Building f C o h r u E rc n b end. Commissioners, to the Ecclesiastical', CORRUPT PRACTICE AT ELECTIONS - contl""g Lord PALME LISTON obtai ned leave to bring in a the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act of clock. 18 o' 54. The House adjourned at ha l t - p ast on e —,log t aoT , ' T URRIS FI FRIGATE IN THE - t and lies at a Turkish frigate, of 50 guns, came up the row' present at anchor in the Sloyne, 4