Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-17 00:00:00

Commercial Date .—Vbfs 334. At one o'clock. at the brokers' office, 19. Exchange-buildngs, 118 bales Surat Cotton.—Marriott and Co. At twelve o'clock at noon, on the East Side of Brunswick Dock, a large quantity of Timber.—A. F. and D. Mackay. 453- For particulars see' advertisements. AMUSEAENTS, PUBLIC MEETINGS, &c. THIS DAY. Boras Am PHIVIZATRE—Dramatte Performance-7 p.m. P.a:.L COLOSSEUM—GeneraI Entertainment-6.30 p.m. ZooLoaicar. G►aDENS—Grand and Varied Entertainments. Cr.Arpow HALL, Clayt , n-square—Gordon Cumming-8 p.m. ALLOOT'S CaYSTAL PALACE, Lime-street-10 S.M. to 10 p.m. Gir For particulars see advertisements. Ely Reim film FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1857. THE DAYS' NEWS. In the House of Commons last night, a petition was presented by Mr. J. Butt from Mr. Somers, complaining that actions had been commenced in a court of law against the returning officer of Sligo, for refusing a vote at the election for that town. He (Mr. Butt) argued that such action, pending an inquiry by the House as to the validity of the return, was a breach of the privilege of the House, and he moved that the person bringing such action should be committed for contempt. Sre George Grey proposed that the House should delegate the decision in this case to a committee, and, therefore, moved as an amendment, that a com mittee be appointed to enquire into the subject, and report to the House how far the pri ♦ileges of the House had been interfered with. The motion of Sir George Grey was ultimately agreed to. The Attorney-General was asked whether it was true that bills of indictment had been filed against the Mayor of Sligo. The answer was that no such proceeding had been taken by the government. Such might have been done by a private individual. The motion for the issue of the writ for Galway, in the room of Mr O'Flaherty, was adjourned to Thursday next. On the motion of Mr. Scholfield it was agreed that a new writ should not be issued for Mayo county before Thursday next. Mr. Bowyer intimated that the Rev. Mr. Conway denied the charge made against him by the committee, and Mr. Maguire would be able to show that the report of the committee contradicted itself. Lord Palmerston stated that the government were of opinion that the militia have had sufficient training, and that it is not intended to call out the militia this year. Mr. Roebuck moved the following resolu tion :—" That the war with Persia was declared, pro secuted, and concluded, without information of such transactions being communicated to Parlia- Ment, while expensive armaments were equipped without the sanction of a vote of the House. That it is the opinion of this House that such conduct tends to weaken its just authority, and to disprove with its constitutional control over the finances of the country, and renders it requisite for the House to express its strong reprobation of such a course of proceeding." The honourable member con tended that although the Crown had the authority to declare war, Parliament ought to be asked to sanction such proceeding ; and he stigmatised the conduct Of Lord Palmerston, " who had done more than any other Minister had done before, and that he had insulted the House of Commons." The Chancellor of the Exchequer defended the course taken by the Government in regard to Parliament, remarking that no communication was made of the operations at Bushire and Herat in 1838, and that there was no analogy between this and the Rus sian war. A lengthened discussion ensued, in which much diversity of opinion was expressed. The result of the debate was a division, in which there was 38 for the motion, and 352 against. The result was received with much laughter. Rochdale is following Bradford in its antipathy to Liverpool. On Wednesday a meeting of the Town Council of the former municipality was hell, for the purpose of adopting a petition to the right honourable the lords spiritual and temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, in parliament assembled, in reference to a bill for consolidating the docks of Liverpool and Birkenhead into one estate, and for vesting the control and management of them in one public trust; and for orher purposes. The Town-clerk read portions of the act recently introduced into the House of Commons, and also portions of the report of the committee which recently sat to con sider the question, and whose recommendations the bill embodied. The Town-clerk explained that the board into whose hands the dock estate was pro posed to be vested was to consist of twenty-one members, eighteen of whom were to be elected by the persons who paid the rates. Every person who paid rates to the amount of £5O was eligible to be a member of the board, and every person who paid rates to the amount of £lO was eligible to give a vote in the election of such members of the board. The other three members of the board were to be elected by members of the Government, so that the Liverpool Town Council would have no control as heretofore. The money arising from the dues is not to be appropriated by the Town Council of Liverpool, but to the preser vation of the docks and the river. Alderman Royds asked what amount of debt and interest thereon would have to be paid. The Town-clerk replied that he could not answer the question. Tne Chairman referred to the 25th clause, and said that it appeared that 600,000/. was the debt which would have to be paid, but he could not say what interest was paid thereon. On the motion of Councillor Stott, a petition in favour of the bill was unanimously adopted, and the meeting was at aa end. At the meeting of the Health Committee, yesterday, a report respecting the late disgraceful practices at the Necropolis was read. From it we learn that several persons connected with the establishment have been guilty of indictable offences, and it was determined by the Committee that the Town Clerk should take proceedings against those persons who were guilty of the offences complained of. The health of the town is good. Last week the death were only 109, being 42 less than in the previous week. The deaths during the quarter ending June 27 were, 2,840, being 390 less than the corrected average of the same quarter of the preceding nine years. At the meeting of the Dock Committee yester day, a long discussion took place respecting the Mersey Conservancy and Docks Bill. Mr. Smith wanted the whole matter to be discussed in the pre sence of the reporters, but the mojority of the com mittee were decidedly against such a proceeding, and after some skirmishing between the Chairman and Mr. Smith, the matter dropped. An outline of the proceedings of a meeting of Members of Parliament will be found elsewhere. The meeting was for the purpose of deciding upon the course which ought to be pursued respecting Mr. Dillwyn's motion. This motion, as our readers know, is, that the House of Commons should, by its own mere resolution, vary the form of the oath according to the requirements of the recipient's cons cience, and in this way to open the door of the House to Jews, without asking the leave of the House of Lords. Such a course, according to a London paper, is impracticable as well as illegal. It was decided that a deputation should wa it u p on Lord Palmerston on the subject, and the meeting was adjourne2 to Tuesday next. There was another meeting on Wednesday o f gentlemen connected with the Australian colonies to hear a plea from one of their number for the representation of these colonies in the Imperial Parliament; but they concluded that it was un necessary. The men in the employment of the North Kent Railway Company charged with criminal neglect in the matter of the late calamity on that line, were fully committed for trial yesterday. We have no news of importance from abroad this morning. The Paris Monit eur pu bli s h es t h e official return of the receipts of the Customs and Excise for the first six months of the present year. As THE NORTHERN TIMVS.-LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, JULY 17. 1857. made political harar•gues from the altar ; that they threat ened damnation to the voters for Colonel Higgins, denouncing them collectively and by name ; that, on ac count of these inflammatory speeches, many of the electors were in danger of their lives, and that such arts were mainly the cause of Mr. Moore's victory. It is also known that two witnesses who deposed to these facts b. fore the Committee have been severely beaten since their return to Ireland, and that one of them now lies in a precarious state. If our election system is to be brought to anything like freedom and purity, such doings must be put down• To unseat an English member for employing too large a number of messengers at a few shillings a-head, and to spare an MAI member whose priestly agents had been guilty of intimidation in its most atrocious form, would ndeed be a perversion of justice. So Mr. G. H. Moore must bid adieu to Mayo, and be content to stand as a warn. ing fur Catholic aspirants to political eminence.—Times. AMUSEMENTS. NEW CONCERT Room, ST. GEORGE'S HALL. —HOW is it so few persons know anything of this elegant hall ? The question is answered at once—the price fixed by the Council precluded all possibility of speculation. We perceive, however, two concerts are announced for the 21st—morning and evening —for which occasion we hear the Council have reduced the price, in order to give the public an opportunity of hearing some good music in this gem of a hall. The Brousil Family, so deservedly eulo. gised by all the press, and patronised by the Queen on several occasions, are to favour us with their delightful strains. To those who are not acquainted with the ability displayed by this family, we wish to tell them all about I'. It is a family of six—three boys and three girls—who play different stringed instruments—violin=, violas, and violincellos. They perform the most difficult trios, guar_ Letts, &c., of the great masters Beethoven, Haydn, and Mozart, with the most perfect facility, and the daughter Bertha executes solos on the violin with the mastery of an Ernst or Tiveri. We are indebted to Mr. Hime for this treat, and we hope he will be rewarded by full houses. The price of admission is only 3s, and it may be as well to state, that this is the only day upon which these artistes can appear in Liverpool. VISIT OF THE. KING OF THE BELGIANS TO MANCHESTER. The special train, with His Majesty the King of the Belgians and suite, left Euston-square Station, on Wed nesday, at half-past one, for Manchester. The Marquis of Stafford and Lord A. Paget proceeded on the royal train to Rugby station, and Mr. Fairbairn, chairman of the executive committee, accompanied the royal visit from London to Manchester. The train was due at C! ewe at 5.40, and passed that station one minute after the time stated in the special table, reaching Manchester precisely at half-past six o'clock. A large crowd had assembled outside the station, and a number of priviliged persons were stationed on the platform. The reporters for the public press obtained admission to the station yard with considerable diffieulty, only to discover that they were to be prevented from performing their duties by the violence and vulgar impertinence of police officers, whose chief aim seemed to be to give facilities to their friends for seeing what took place at the arrival, and to obstruct, with no little violence, those who had to per form au arduous task for the public benefit. One officer, C 39, made himself particularly conspicuous in his determination to thwart the press in their efforts to glean information of public interest. In the matter of preserv ing order the police were certainly useless, and even worse than useless, for the only result of their presence on the platform was a scene of indescribable disorder, produced by the physical force arguments they adopted for several minutes, without rebuke from their superiors—we allude to the superintendents. Owing to the above-named causes, we ate unable to state by whom his majesty was received, but we noticed on the platform, a few moments before the royal train arrived, the Mayor of Manchester, the Town-clerk, General Sir Harry Smith, with his aides de-camp, Captain Crawley and Captain Fargo, J. C. Deane, Esq., Edward Tootal, Esq., and Captain Palma, chief constable. Two royal carriages, which had arrived on the previous evening, were in the station yard to receive the illustrious visitors, and also the Mayor's carriage and other vehicles. The train having come to a stand, we believe the Mayor and Town-elerk entered the first carriage ; the King of the Belgians the Count de Flandres, and the Princess Charlotte the second, and the suite the third, in which order they drove to the Queen's Hotel. We understand that the suite consists of M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Ambassador, the Countess de Goe, Capt. Burnett, Major-Geueral Cust, Madame Bevie, Colonel Moerkerke, and Dr. Rager. As the royal cortege was leaving the station yard, a hearty cheer was raised, which was taken up and continued along the line of route to the Queen's Hotel. When His Majesty reached the Queen's, the Belgian standard was hoisted at the top of the hotel, and the royal standard appeared at the east end. An immense crowd of spectators had assembled in front of the Queen's, and evinced a great anxiety to see His Majesty, who graciously gratified the curiosity of the crowd by appearing on the balcony in front of the build ing. The Princess Charlotte and Count de Flandres also appeared on the balcony, and the royal trio were received with frequent outbursts of applause, which the royal visitors acknowledged several times, and then retired to their apartments. The King and suite were to leave Manchester for London at half-past six o'clock this morning (Friday), by special train, which will be due at Euston-square at half-past eleven o'clock. A HINT.—A. correspondent writes :—" At the Methodis t conference, which will shortly bold its sittings at Liver pool, there will attend two delegates from the American Methodist Episcopal Church, and as, according to the appeal from the Leeds Young Men's Anti-Slavery Society, this church has one thousand slaveholding members, it scams to me that the only course open to the English Methodists to pursue, without a sacrifice of principle, is to do as the Leeds young rpen recommend, viz , to refuse to receive the representatives of slaveowners." TICE LIVERPOOL DRINKING FOUNTAINS.—A respected correspondent sends us the following—" It may perhaps be interesting to know that, by statistics taken on the 14th instant, at the granite fountain lately erected in Smithdown lane (oppositc Milner's patent safe works), the number of persons drinking water there, between half-past five a.m. and nine p.m., was found to be 1,679, without counting about sixty persons who filled dinner-cans or jugs there in the course of the day. This result proves, beyond a doubt, the necessity of increasing the number of these fountains, not only in the neighbourhood of the docks, but also in all the populous outskirts of the town." This morning, between the hours of four and five o'clock, a fire broke out in a shed at Mr. Clantrell's Cement and Piaster Works, situate on the Great Float, Wallasey. The'damage was confined to a long shed and the cooperage, where a large quantity of casks ware stowed. The foreman's cottage also caught fire, and two children had a narrow escape of their lives, the bed and bedding being in flames when they were rescued. Had not the fire engine of Messrs. Bibby and Co. promptly arrived on the spot, and the valuable assistance rendered by their men, and those of George Thomson and Co., Contractors, nothing could have saved the whole of the stock and valuable machinery, The loss is covered by insurance in the Guardian Fire office. THE LATE DOUGLAS JERROLD.—The members of the Liverpool Literary and Dramatic Society, are about to make an effort in aid of the general object to raise a fund, for the purpose of commemorating, in some manner, the services rendered to letters and to humanity by the late Douglas Jerrold. An amateur • performance by the members of this society is about to take place for the purpose we have mentioned, in the Theatre Royal, on the night of Wednesday, the 12th of August. The society will produce two of Jerrold's most popular dramas, " Time Works Wonders," and " The Rent Day." We have hut little faith generally in the amateur performances of any kind as objects of public display, and are not very much inclined to bespeak popular favour for exhibitions in regard to which criticism is supposed to be disarmed be cause of the unprofessional character of the performer•. Nevertheless, we cannot help giving opt: approval to a purpose so worthy as the present. We hope the society may prove their effort to be fulls deserving of public favour, and worthy to be en7:iged in such an object. And we need hardly express Yj hope that a thorough apprecia tion of the object nity.7.De evinced by the public. The pen of the late Douglas Jerrold was always employed on behalf of e? oration, progress, and humanity. No man ever had a higher aim in what he wrote, or kept to it more kteadily. We must approve of every effort whirl; tcnads to do honour to the memory of such a life: TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph. THE WEST INDIES. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY NIGHT. The Royal Mail Steamer Orinoco, with the mails from the West Indies, arrived here this evening. The news is not of any importance. She brings 022,551 dollars in specie, and 168 passengers. Seventy cases of yellow fever occurred amongst her crew, of which twenty-eight proved fatal. None of the passengers were infected. The dates by this arrival are—Greytown, June 19; Nassau, 13 , Colon, 23; Trinidad and Deme rara, 25; Barbadoes, 27, and Porto Rico, 29. At St. Thomas yellow fever raged violently amongst the shipping, and the number of deaths unusually large. Other islands generally healthy. From Jamaica the mining news favourable. The canes at Tobago were looking well for next year's crop. Business very dull. Yellow fever was raging amongst the shipping at Martinique. Crops looking well. compared with 1856, they show an increase of 3,739,000 f. for the month of June, and of 26,285,000 f. for the six months. A telegraph, dated Madrid, the 14th inst., states that the Royal authorisation to enforce the new law on the press has been published. In conse quence of the numerous arrests made in Madrid the prisons were so full that the breaking out of maladies was apprehended. Most of these persons had been arrested on the pretext of being vaga bonds, and yet amongst them were many in good circumstances. some even who paid as much as 2,000 rears in taxes. At Malaga numerous arrests of persons goted for the violence of their political opinion, continued to be made. A letter from Cettinguen, in the Agram Gazette, gives some details of the late execution in Mon tenegro. It appears that on the evening of the 26th ult. ten agents of Prince Danilo made their appearance in the village of Berceli, and seizing on the Pope Gjuro Popovic and his eldest son, shot them on the market-place, and then hanged their bodies to a gibbet. The crime of these un happy men is not stated. A Naples letter of the sth says that the steamer Cagliari had been brought there and moored near the pier, and a detachment of gendarmerie placed on board her. The captain of the vessel had undergone an examination, at which he protested his good faith, and declared that both he and his crew had acted from compulsion, The sailors were afterwards interrogated seperately, and they all made a similar declaration. The investigation into the affair was going on with the utmost minuteness. AUSTRALIAN EMIGIZATION.—TheIide of Emigration to Australia continues. Day after day the quays of Liverpool swarm with crowds of our fellow countrymen and women en route to the and of geld. With such an of of the population, there has sprung up a very superior class of vessels engaged in the Australian Emigration trade. We need hardly remind our readers that Messrs Gibbs, Bright, and Company, of Liverpool, have for a series of years been famed for dispatching ships not only large, strong, and of superior sailing qualities, but fitted up in a manner which surpasses all other vessels enteagel in the same trade. It was on'y yesterday that this eminent and respectable firm dispatched a very superior clipper, the Fioreuce Nightingale, well filled with goods and passengers ; and they have now on berth as the packet of the 15th of August, a vessel which for strength and beauty of arrange ment has cot had an equal in the port of Liverpool. She is named the Carrier D,ve, is a ship, Baltimore clipper, of 350) tons burthen, and fleet' up in every department in a manner that defies competition. In a vessel engag,el in the Australian emigration trade, there are certain qualities re_ quisite, without which it would be reprehensible to go to sea . These are strength, ample, and properly ventilated pas senger accomodation. The Carrier Dove has all these in a moat remarkable and unusual degree ; she is knit together as strongly as iron and oak timber, for every plank in her is of that world-renowned wood, can make her. Her ventilating apparatus is not only ingenious but truly efficient, and such as cannot be disarranged, or impeded in its functions by any of the many circumstances which interfere with the general modes of ship ventilation. The berths for every class of Emigrants are unusually ample, each of which has in the most sultry of climates abundance of pure air. Cleanli ness and neatness of arrangement seem to predominate in the minutest part of this splendid ship. Her Captain is evi dently a gentleman of taste and refinement, and studies in all his plans the comfort and convenience of every indivi dual under his care and keeping. Balls are arranged all over the ship, by which means the Cabin passengers can without let or hindrance communicate with the steward and stewardess, or the Captain with his otficere. Every thing in each department is a mole! far cleanliness, efficiency and general usefulness. A Captain who earns the thanks of the underwriters of his ship must be a seaman and a navigator in the true sense of the word. Such a man is the Commander of the Carrier Dove. Captain Montell, under trying and difficult circumstances in 1856, when in com mand of the clipper ship Atlantic, on a voyage from Callao to Spain, he took his vessel into Marseilles, his crew having mutinied. The authorities of that port have testified as to his courage, and the care ha took of the underwriters' in terests. Besides this he is a renowned sailor. He has made passages from China to New York in 78 days, and on one occasion beat the far-famed Clipper ship Flying Cloud, 15 days, on the run from San Francisco to New York. And•he has also brought the ship John Cumming from the longitude of Charleston to the Liverpool docks in 16 days 20 hours. Any one who examines the build of the Carrier Dove, and looks at her peculiar rig, must admit that she is constructed with the view of swift sailing. Bat when com manded by such a gentleman as Captain Monte!! has proved himself, and aided, as he is, by a first officer who has beentho sailing master of some of the fastest clipper ships in the world, it cannot be doubted that, if the Carrier Dove gels a chance, she will astonish the people of Me!- bourne by the rapidity of her run from Liverpool. We know of no vessel possessing a tithe of her passenger accommodation, nor one more likely to make a swift run or a Captain and mate so celebrated far their seaman ship, gentlemeuly manners and feelings of benevolence, to every grade and deicriptioa of passengers. Tae first mate, steward, and stewardess, have been selected not only fur lengthened experience, but civility and obliging die position. As already remarked, the Florence Nigb.tiug ale sailed yesterday afternoon.. It was a perfect treat to witness the order and regularity of everything on board. The Rev. Mr Buck, who held Divine Service shortly before the weighing of anchor, was heard to declare he never saw such a splendid vessel, ncr a more interesting group of passengers. May she have a swift and a speedy passage to the other side of the globe. TER UNSEATING OT MR. G. K. MOOSE, LATE M.P. FOR MAYO.—The Committee on the Mayo Election have decided that Mr. George Henry Moore was not duly elected, on account of the undue influence exercised by his agents. Tao importance of this judgment can hardly be overrated. The power of recent legislation to put a stop to such prac tices as have for years disgraced Irish elections is now established. The Committee declare " that undue influence and spiritual intimidation prevailed to a considerable extent at the last election for the county of Mayo," and that " the Rev. Peter Conway and the Rev. Luke Ryan were so pro minently active that the Committee deem it their duty to report their conduct to the House, in order that such steps may be taken as may seem to the House to be proper and necessary." It is to be hoped that the precedent of this case will govern the decisions of all future Committees, and that " spiritual intimidation" may take its place among the offences for which a seat is forfeited. Should the House be able to inflict any punishment on Fathers Conway and Ryan for their gross abuse of their sacred functions, we shall rejoice extremely ; but, in any case, let it be known that such transgressions will only bring defeat on the parties whom they are intended to befriend. The great thing is to establish that such interference and such terror ism as have been proved against these Irish priests is illegal, and vitiates an election. The present decision makes this point no longer doubtful, and from this time we may look for the abatement of a most scandalous evil. As to Archbishop M'Hale's theory, that the vote of a Catholic should bs determined by the opinion of his priest, it cannot be assented to for a moment. Certainly, with any colloquy between shepherd and sheep we have nothing to do. If every voter in Mayo were to consult his parish priest or his bishop, and willingly follow his advice, no one would have the right to interfere, or could prove any cause fo r interference ; but when the clergyman seeks to impose his wishes on unwilling laymen, when he denounces future perdition to the ignorant, in order to terrify them into com pliance, still more when directly or indirectly he threatens them with popular vengeance or social excommunication, then the country will interfere. It is decided that " spiritual intimidation " comes within the meaning of the term "undue influence," and, as undue influence unseats the candidate in whose favour it is employed, the holy can vassers of the sister island must learn what prudence they can. In the present case it was pro , * trot the priests LOSS OF A LIVERPOOL SHIP. The Sobraon, frem Caldeira to Liverpool, laden with copper ore, was abandoned on the 11th inst. After springing a leak, she went down. Crew were taken off. THE OATHS BILL: IMPORTANT MEETING OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Ye, erday afternoon, a meeting of members of the House of Commons favourable to the principle of the Parliamentary Oaths Bill, was held at the King's Arms Hotel, Palace-yard, to take into consideration the rejec tion of that measure by the House of Lords. The notice calling the meeting was signed by a large number of the Liberal party. The Right. Hon. A. Horsman was called on to preside. He said the Liberal party were bound not to rest until they had shown their determination to carry out their conviction that all disability on account of religion was nothing but persecution. Mr. M. Milner moved that Mr. Dillwyn be requested to postpone his motion until Lord John Russell's bill had been disposed of. Sir J. Graham spoke at considerable length in favour of Lord John Russell's bill. Mr. Dillwyn said he was willing to postpone his motion, but could not support that of Lord John Russell. Mr. Roebuck preferred the reso lution of Mr. Dillwyn to that of Lord John Russell, because he was not desirous that the House of Commons should be trampled under foot by the House of Lords. Towards the close of the proceedings a resolution was placed in Mr. Roebuck's hands, to the effect, that the failure of the whole of the Cabinet in the House of Lords to vote upon the measure, had caused the greatest pain and disappointment to the Liberal party. Mr. Byng seconded this resolution ; and it was agreed to appoint a deputation to wait on Lord Palmerston. The meeting then adjourned till Tuesday. REDUCTION or to BANK RATE or DISCOUNT. Yesterday, the directors of the Bank of England t owered their minimum rate of discount from 6 to 51 per cent. This measure had been anticipated in the Stock Exchange, and failed to stop the fall in the Funds. The Rev. Charles H. Banning, of Trinity College, Dublin, and ex-scholar of St. Aidan's Theological Col lege, Birkenhead, youngest son of Mr. Joseph Banning, of the Liverpool Post-office, after his ordination on Sunday last, by the Lord Bishop of Durham, in the chapel of the pa , ace at Bishop Auckland, was licensed to the stipendiary curacy of the parish church of St. Mary's, Gatesbead, upon the nomination of the Rev. J. Davies, D.D., Hon. Canon of Durham, Rector. ToxTRTIT PARK,—The following Eighteen gentlemen have been elected the first Board of Guardians for admin istering the laws relating to the relief of the poor, under the order recently issued by the Poor Law Board, for separating Toxteth Park from the West Derby Union, viz :—Messrs G. H. Horsfall, W. H. Olden, J. M‘Nieoll, W. Leyland, J. Harrison ' S. Siddeley, J. Lord, George W. Ewing. H. S. A'pases, W. B. Jones, T. Robinson, E. Mercer, Alexander Miller, J. Briscoe, A. Greenwood, J. Wilson, A. Pickup, and Chas. Batten, We-deem it right to call the attention of our readers to an advertisement in our columns of to-day, of a new Life Assurance Office, under the title of the tleeen's Life Assur ance and Annuity Company, and our object in doing so is to draw attention to the fact of there not being in this large and important town a chief office of a purely Life Assur ance Company. We firmly believe that if the institution in question cause the principles of Life Assurance to be made extensively known in this town, it should meet with the success which, it will be apparent to every thinking man, ought to be the result of an object so beneficial to the interests of all classes. We are glad to observe that the directory is composed of names so well known, and we wish the company success. IMPORTANT TO MARINIRS.-oapt. William Black, of the brig Walter Baine of Greenock, arrived here from Barbadoes on Sunday, reports that, exactly at noon of the 10th instant, in lat. 51 deg. 21 m. N., long. 41 deg. 10 m. W., by dead reckoning, he passed Aitken's Rock, the position of which is marked in the chart as doubtful. It has only been seen twice, and Captain Black thinks it may not be visible except during the lowest ebbs of spring tides. When he passed, it was 12 feet above water, and the sea was breaking ebout 200 feet from it. It was seen from the deck for about 20 minutes, the vessel being then sailing at the rate of six knots an hour. It bears exactly S.E. by E. E. from Tory Island. This information is very important as a few years ago two Government vessels were sent to sweep for this roek, and did so, bat were unsuccessful.—Greenock Advertiser. —[We have been assured by a person of nauti cal experience that Aitken's Rock is not in 100. 41 west as above stated, and that this must be either a mistake on the part of the writer, or a misprint. In a matter of so much importance as the position of this rock, would it not be worth inquiring when Captain Black had the last observation from his chronometer before seeing the rock to which he refers ? We expect that some of our nautical friends will come out more fully on this im portant subject.] VISIT OF THE ARCILEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE.—On Tuesday next, the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland will commence to hold its annual meeting in the neighbouring city of Chester. It is expected that the attendance will be unusually large, owing to the additional attraction of the Arts Treasure's Exhibition at Manches• ter. Lord Talbot de Malahide is president, and in the section of history the Lord Bishop of Chester will act as chairman ; in that of antiquities Edwin hrnest, Esq., D.C.L. ; and in architrcture, Sir Stephen Glynne, Bart. The annual banquet of the Institute will take place on Wednesday, on which occasion the members of our local Historic Society are invited to be present, and te,,, part in the examination of Chester antiquiti,„ in the afternoon. On Thursday, the merahts":„ w i l l visit the Exhibition at Manchester. r .:)n Satur day, the 25th, they will visit Liverp.-191 , by the spe cial invitation of the Historic SoeietT, f ..,t Lancashire and a - Cheshire. At eleven a.m. they w 'inspect the town and docks from the river, after which, the strangers will pro ceed to Speke-hall, in compliancr, with the invitation of Richard Watt, Esq. On their return, they will visit St. George's-hall, the Derby Mur,eum, Mr. Mayer's Museum, and other points of interest. At eigb o'clock, the members of the Historic Society, tbt visitr rs ; t and a large number of invited fge,Sts, will usseillite at a eonversazione in the rooms, of the Town-hall. , kt - ,,aly granted for thP, which our chief magistrate has purpose. It is expected that an unusual large nutol.Jer of the nobility will be present at Chester and Li;erpool on this occasion. IMPE RIAL PARLIAMENT• (By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.) HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUURSDAY. Their LordsLins met at five o'clock. mAN ,:u. POSITION OF INDIA. The Earl of Ellenborono .again expressed distrust as to the financial position of Inn;.? , and stated his opinion that the freight of transports for the tiOnveyance of troops should be paid here instead of ia Earl Granville refkated his former statement, that the funds in the hands of the Indian Government were suffi cient to meet any emergency that might arise. After a brief conversation, the subject dropped. MISCRLLANBOUS BILLS. The Great Northern Railway Capital Bill was read a third time and passed. The Prisoners Removal Bill, and the Turnpike Trusts (Ireland) Bill, were read a second time. The Representative Peers (Ireland) Bill, the Crowded Dwellings Prevention Bill, the Joint Stock Companies Bill, and the Registration of Long Leases (Scotland) Bill went through committee. THE NATIONAL SURVEY. The Duke of Buceleuch moved the appointment of a commission to inquire into the whole subject of the National Survey, and the scales upon which it should be made and published. Lord Panmure consented, and the motion was agreed to. The House adjourned at five minutes to eight. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THIIRSDAY. The House met at noon. The Finsbury Park Bill was read a third time and passed. : BS Mr. Clive, Chairman of the Galway Election Committee, moved that the evidence taken before the committee be printed, and laid before the house. The motion was agreed to. The members appointed to serve on the Falkirk Burghs Election Committee were called to the table and sworn. The Speaker stated that he had received a communica tion from Sir E. Dering, to the effect that the state of his health was such as to incapacitate him from serving upon the Huntingdonghire Election Committee, to which he had been appointed. After some discussion as to the question :of privilege, Dr. Latham was called to the bar to prove the state of the hon. baronet's health, and his statements being satisfactory, Sir E. Dering was exempted h lfrom serving upon Election Committees. Mr. Cobbett drew attention to the petition presented by him on the previous day, from Mr. Merry, M.P., member for the Falkirk burgh, complaining that the recognisances in connection with the petition against his return had not been properly entered into, and moved that a committee of five members should be appointed to investigate the matter. Slr G. Grey said the petition was presented too late for the House to interfere. The motion was withdrawn after a brief discussion. •TIIE 3LIGO ELECTION. Mr. Butt presented a petition from Mr. P: Somers, complaining that actions had been commenced in a court of law against the returning officer, for refusing a vote at the Sligo Election. Oa the motion of the hon. member, a resolution agreed to in 1703, having reference to the subject, was read by the clerk at the table. Mr. J. Butt then moved that the proper officer of the Queens Bench in Ireland, return to the House a copy of all proceedings mentioned in the petitions presented by Mr. Somers. He contended that an action brought against a returning officer for refusing a vote pending an inquiry by the House, as to the validity of the retnru, should be considered as a breach of privilege, and that the person bringing such action should be committed for contempt. He suggested that the further proceedings in this case should be postponed till Monday, and if that course were adopted he would then move that a committee should be appointed to investigate the subject, and report as to the course which the house should pursue. Sir G. Grey did not this& IL would be advisable that' they should delegate the decision in this case to a com mittee, and therefore proposed an amendment, to the effect that both petitions be refered to a committee to be appointed to inquire into the subject, and report to the house how far, in their opinion, the privileges of the house had been interfered with by the proceedings in. question. Mr. Hildyard argued that there was no pretence for declaring that the privileges of the House had been inter_ fered with. Mr. Henley concurred in the proposal of the Home Secretary. Mr. M‘Mahon urgei that the subject ought to be dis posed of as other election cases, and without reference to the resolution of 1703. Mr. I. Butt would not oppose the motion of Sir George Grey. He wished to know whether it was true, as stated in the papers of that morning, that the Crown Solicitor had been directod to prefer bills of indictment against the Mayor of Sligo? The Attorney-General for Ireland said he had given instructions to the Crown Solicitor, that, except for breaches of the peace, there should be no Crown prose cution. He apprehended that the statement appeared to have reference to bills of indictment prepared by a pri vate individual. It would ba for his consideration whether such proceedings should not be stopped pending the inquiry before the select committee ; but as to the question of privilege, though he entertained a decided opinion on the subject, he should refrain from giving expression to it for the present. After a few words from Sir W. Heathcote, the original motion was negatived, and the amendment was agreed to. 141 r. Marshall took the oaths and his seat for Eas Cumberland. The House then went into committee upon the Lunatics Scotland Bill, and progress was made as far as the 16th clause, when the chairman was ordered to report progress. The House then resumed, and the other business on the morning list having been disposed of, the sitting was suspended. THE EVENING. QUEEN'S COUNTY ELECTION. The Speaker announced a commuuication, stating that it was - not intended to proceed with the petition complain ing of the late return for Qaeen's County. THE WRIT FOR GALWAY, Col. French moved the issue of a new writ for Galway, in the room of Mr. O'Flaherty, whose election had been declared void. Lord Lovaine moved the suspension of the writ till Thursday next. Sir. G. Grey. concurred in this amendment. The evidence taken before the committee was ordered to be printed in the meantime. THE MAYO ELF.CTION. Mr. Schoefield proposed ttr,,,t the warrant for a new wri for Mayo shonld.not be IsPAied before r •orsday next. Mr. Bowyer was autl..oriscd by the Rev• Peter Conway to deny the charges Y.cade against him by the committee. Mr. Maguire would show, when the proper opportunity arrived, that t.:ae committee contradicted itself, The ma ) -on was then agreed to. TaZ MILITIA.. reply to Mr. Disraeli, Lord Palmerston said it considered that the militia had been sufficiently trained, and it was not intended to call them out in the present year. Had anything, happened to involv3 the country in war with an European power, that order would probably have been rescinded ; but he saw no reason, in consequence of the late intelligence from India, to alter the course which the Government had thought it advisable to pursue. THR WAR WITH On the motion for going into supply, Mr. Roebuck moved the following resolution :—" the war with Persia was declared, prosecuted. a0:, 2 1 con _ eluded without information of such transactl'un being communicated to P trliament, while expo"-tsive arma_ ments were equipped -without the sanction of a ;vote of this House. That it is tk.e opinion of thi s House that such cond'ict tends to WP 'Alen its just au th or- UT, and to dispense with its oolntitutional control over the finances of the country, and renders it requisite for this House to express its strong reprobation of such a course of proceeding." In support of his motion, the hon. and learned gentleman contended, that though it was the prerogative of the Crown to declare war, the House of Commons should have au opportunity of expressing an opinion upon it. The course that the Government had taken was calculated to lessen the importance of the House in the eyes of the country; and he charged the noble Lord, that he, the so - called Prime Minister, had done more than any Minister had ever done before, and that he had insulted the House of Com mons. He attributed the disasters in India to the with drawal of the troops from India for service in Persia, and argued therefrom that the quarrel involving the existence of the Indian Empire, and consequently the power of England was of equal importance with the Russian war, and ought also, upon the earliest occasion, to have been announced to Parliament. Ile charged the noble lord with treating the House of Commons as though it had no existence, and with choosing a time to take that course— the most dangerous for England that had ever occurred since the declaration of independance of America. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had come down to the House prepared to defend in detail the policy of the Government, but the question had been treated so gene rally, that he did not think it would be his duty to take that course. He proceeded to point to the importance, con sidering that Persia was but a vassal power of Russia, of maintaining the independence of the territory between Per sia and India. Having so far justified the war with Persia, he vindicated the course taken by the Government in re gard to Parliament, remarking that no communication was made of the operations at Bushire and Herat in 1838, and that there was no analogy between this and the Russian war, for while in the latter case Parliament had to pro ♦ide the whole :expense, it had to bear but a small proportion of the cost of the Persian war. The papers relating to the war with Persia, had been laid on the table without any motion being founded upon them, and he challenged the honourable member to point out any inconvenience that had arisen from the course which the Government had taken, He He denied the connection between the Persian war and the mutiny in India, and in proof, stated that the dis affection was not apparent in Bombay and Madrasthe presidencies in India—end remarked that had the disaffection then existed, the time of the war would have been seized upon as a favourable opportunity to show it • He had no apprehension as to the loss of our Indian empire, and he could not accept a censure upon the Government, founded upon a connection between the war with Persia and the Indian mutiny. Mr. Nisbet attributed the Indian mutiny to the employ ment of high castes in the army, and to the paucity of officers. Mr. IL Baillie concurred in the censure convoyed in Mr. Roebuck's . motion, and stated his belief that the war originated with the demand of Lord Stratford de Red cliffe for the dismissal of the Persian Minister. Lord Bury condemned the Persian War, but would not support the motion, as he did not consider this a fitting time for a change of Ministry. Mr. P. Seymour vindicated the Government, and jus tified the war with Persia. Mr. Willoughby took a similar view to that stated by Lord Bury. Sir W. Williams anticipated much benefit to the coun try from the war with Persia. Lord John Russell, assuming that the policy of Russia was to attach our Indian Empire, urged that the object of this country should be to conciliate Persia, so as to create a barrier between the Russian and Indian territory. Captain Scott believed that the origin of the meeting in India was the seizure and annexation of territory by the Indian government. Upo❑ the question before the House he should vote with the government. After a few words from Mr. Kerr, Mr. Walpole thought that the governmeat should have called parliament together as soon as the war was determined upon, and a great constitutional question being involved, he demanded some more satisfactory explanation of the conduct of the executive than had yet been afforded. As to the motion of the hon. member for Sheffield, he was glad that it had been brought forward, but he felt that the question one of such difficulty, that he should evade giving a direct v)te by supporting the original proposi tion, that they should go into committee of supply. Colonel Sykes considered the question before the House to be the constitutional or unconstitutional course taken by her Majesty's. Government, in regard to Parliament involving neither the policy of the Persian war, nor the mutiny in India. He argued that as Parliament was not sitting at the commencement of the war, ministers wore not open to the censure conveyed in Mr. Roebuck's motion. Mr. V. Smith remarked that Mr. Roebuck hal shrunk from censuring the policy of the war with Persia. It was the duty of the Executive to declare war and make peace, and to present to Parliament at the earliest oppor tunity an estimate of the expenses of the war. That was the course pursued in the case of the Persian war : and he defied any one to show anything unconstitutional in the conduct of the Government. In reply to the arguments that Parliament should have been called together imme diately upon the declaration of war, be stated that Par liament was about to meet in a short time, and drew attention to the effect which a sudden calling together of Parliament would have on the funds and commerce of the country. He at some length spoke in justification of the hostilities 'against Persia, urging the necessity of dealing with firmness with a semi-barbarous nation, and observed that the policy of Persia should be, if she apprehended aggression on the part of Russia, to throw herself upon the protection of England. Mr. Gladstone regretted the retrogression of princi ples of constitutional liberty in the nineteenth century, and censured the Government for speaking of Persia as a vassal of Russia. There were two resolutions before the house—the circumstances recited in the first were not denied, and he considered that by them the expressions in the second were justified. With regard to the policy of the Persian war, he granted that the government were carrying out policy which was almost traditional ; but contended that by the peace less was gained than Persia offered before arms were resorted to. With regard to the constitutional question, he contended that the power of parliament ought not to be curtailed by the doctrine that the action of the vast and powerful machinery of the Indian government should be altogether independent of their authority. (Loud cheers.). He did not wish to censure the government, but he could not reconcile it with his duty to negative the motion of the member for Sheffield. Lord Palmerston maintained the ceusitutional right of, the government to declare war and conclude peace, though,, as a general rule, he admitted that parliament ought to be informed, at the first opportunity, of the course, that the government thought it their duty to pursue. This, hew ever, was an exceptional case, there having been no pos sibility of calling parliament together before the middle of January, and it having been fixed to meet a fortnight after that time. Yet, when they did meet, nothing was said by those great champions cif constitutional liberty, the mem bers for Cambridge, Oxford, and Sheffield, and they bad brooded over their indigation from February to July. He vinaicated the policy of the defeace of Herat horn Persia, defended the peace cmcluded with Persia, and asked for praise rather than censure for what be hed done. He characterised the speech of the member for Sheffield as un-English, and stated that that was the reason Why his motions of censure recoiled upon, himself and his sup porters. Mr. Disraeli had no confidenee ho the Persian policy of the present. Government, and in regard to the disturbances in India, attributed them not to a spontaneous motion, but rather to a long course of mismanagement. The noble lord had ridiculed the motions of the mem ber for Sheffield., but, he would remind him that one motion re:Toting the Crimean mismanagement compelled th.e nvete lord to leave the then government, and that another motion, meved in 18:50, had for its object the defereoe of the noble lord. EL could not object to the first resolution of the * honourable member, but he thought that the censure; was too severe for the premier, and he he,ped that nr, division would take place. If they did not divide , lie should feel it his duty to vote for going into I commito, te. We question was then put, and a division being called i're, a etun'eer of members left the house. The numbers were— For going into supply For Mr. Roebuck's motion Majority ... The House accordingly went into committee pro forma. The report of supply was brought up and agreed to. The Fraudulent Trustees Bill was read a third time and passed. The other busines was disposed of, and the House ad journal at half.past one.